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(Re)Mapping the Grey Area: How Sexual Violence is Normalized in Discussions with University Students (重新)绘制灰色地带:性暴力如何在与大学生的讨论中正常化

Gender and Women's Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-28 DOI: 10.31532/gendwomensstud.4.1.005

Julia Metz, K. Myers, Patricia S. Wallace

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Problematizing Consent Campaigns in the #METOO Era #METOO时代同意运动的问题

Gender and Women's Studies Pub Date : 2021-03-03 DOI: 10.31532/gendwomensstud.4.1.004

I. Schowengerdt, S. Lamb, C. Brown

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Women and Gender Relations during the Pandemic in Morocco 摩洛哥大流行期间的妇女和两性关系

Gender and Women's Studies Pub Date : 2021-02-14 DOI: 10.31532/gendwomensstud.4.1.003

M. Ennaji

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The body and the deed. Places of rape in Swedish court narratives 身体和契约。瑞典宫廷叙事中的强奸场景

Gender and Women's Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-12 DOI: 10.31532/gendwomensstud.4.1.002

Ulrika Andersson

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Women as Actors in Violence against Women: An Analysis of Woman-to-Woman Violence within the Marriage Space 妇女作为暴力侵害妇女行为的行动者:对婚姻空间中女性对女性暴力的分析

Gender and Women's Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-07 DOI: 10.31532/gendwomensstud.4.1.001

Constance Awinpoka Akurugu

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Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh: Understanding through the case of Readymade Garment Sector 孟加拉国妇女赋权:通过成衣服装行业的案例来理解

Gender and Women's Studies Pub Date : 2020-11-16 DOI: 10.31532/GENDWOMENSSTUD.3.1.004

S. Sharma

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“Who can tell me what the product actually means, and Kate’s got the right answer-ish, let’s just tweak it…” Follow-up strategies in the U.K primary school classroom: Does teacher gender matter?” “谁能告诉我这个产品到底是什么意思，凯特已经给出了正确的答案——让我们稍微调整一下……”英国小学课堂的后续策略:老师的性别重要吗?

Gender and Women's Studies Pub Date : 2019-05-14 DOI: 10.31532/GENDWOMENSSTUD.2.2.006

Joanne McDowell

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Seed Potato Production Business through a Gender Lens 性别视角下的种子马铃薯生产业务

Gender and Women's Studies Pub Date : 2019-04-19 DOI: 10.31532/GENDWOMENSSTUD.2.2.005

Etiang Joseph, Rose Mwesige, Sarah Kyarisiima, A. Aheisibwe, Kwikiriza Gerald, R. Muhereze, Ronald Ayahura Kutesa, A. Barekye

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Performative metaphors influencing the art practice of women artists from different global locations 行为隐喻对全球不同地区女性艺术家艺术实践的影响

Gender and Women's Studies Pub Date : 2019-03-06 DOI: 10.31532/GENDWOMENSSTUD.2.2.004

Nish Belford

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Women's marital liberty and the missing negative right in article 23 of ICCPR 妇女婚姻自由与《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》第二十三条中缺失的负面权利

Gender and Women's Studies Pub Date : 2019-02-25 DOI: 10.31532/gendwomensstud.2.2.003

Y. Bokek-Cohen

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