Aims and Scope

Aims & Scope Interdisciplinary Peer-reviewed

Women, Education, and Social Welfare

The journal publishes rigorous research at the intersection of gender, human factors & ergonomics, development, and the economics & social welfare.

Gender & Equity
Human Factors & Ergonomics
Development
Economics & Welfare

Journal Focus

We welcome theoretically grounded and methodologically robust studies with clear implications for practice, policy, and scalable impact—particularly research that explains how institutions, services, and human-centered systems shape women’s educational opportunities, safety, participation, and wellbeing across diverse socio-cultural and developmental contexts.

Gender, Equity, and Women’s Well-being
  • Gender equality, empowerment, and rights-based approaches
  • Intersectionality (e.g., disability, SES, ethnicity, migration) and inclusion
  • Gendered barriers in access, participation, leadership, and learning outcomes
  • Safeguarding, GBV prevention, and safe institutions
  • Women’s health, mental well-being, care work, family–work–study dynamics
  • Social norms, culture, and gender-responsive institutional change
Education Systems and Social Welfare Services
  • Inclusive education and equitable learning opportunities across the life course
  • Student support services, counseling, and psychosocial support
  • Welfare services for women and girls (social protection, public service delivery)
  • Workforce professionalism, service quality, and institutional capacity building
  • Evidence-informed educational and welfare policy design and implementation
Human Factors & Ergonomics for Women-Centered Systems
  • Human-centered design in learning, work, and public service environments
  • Physical ergonomics: workload, posture, safety, occupational health
  • Cognitive ergonomics: stress, fatigue, attention, decision-making, performance
  • Psychosocial ergonomics: well-being, burnout, job strain, safety climate
  • Usability, accessibility, inclusive HCI/UX for education and welfare technologies
  • Participatory design, co-design, and user-centered evaluation (gender-sensitive design)
Development, Economics, and Social Welfare
  • Gender-responsive development strategies and inclusive growth pathways
  • Economics of education: returns to education, skills, school-to-work transition
  • Welfare policy economics: targeting, fiscal equity, poverty & inequality reduction
  • Women’s labor participation, wage gaps, decent work, livelihood programs
  • Impact evaluation & value assessment (quasi-experiments, cost-effectiveness, SROI)
  • SDG-aligned studies with measurable outcomes (e.g., SDG 4, 5, 8, 10, 16)