** Increase fat stores

** Increase uterine growth

** Increase vaginal lubrication

** Increase hepatic production of binding proteins

** Increase circulating level of factors 2, 7, 9, 10, plasminogen

** Increase platelet adhesiveness

** Increase HDL, triglyceride

** Increase cholesterol in bile

** Increase pheomelanin, reduce eumelanin

** Increase awareness about violence against women and girls

** Increase awareness about HIV & AIDS as it relates to females.

** Increase awareness about women ’ s land rights.

** Increase awareness about women ’ s leadership, or lack of leadership in the political sphere.

** Addison's disease is a rare disorder in which the adrenal glands do not produce sufficient amounts of glucocorticoids ( mainly cortisol ).

** Congenital adrenal hyperplasias are genetic defects of enzymes involved in cortisol production and can affect sex characteristics of affected patients.

** the adrenal cortices, which produce glucocorticoid hormones ( mainly cortisol in humans ) in response to stimulation by ACTH.