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Women's representation in top-management positions in the energy sector: A case study of Türkiye and Nigeria's petroleum industries 妇女在能源部门担任高级管理职位的情况：尼日利亚和尼日利亚石油工业的个案研究

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103126

Oluremi Success Oyejide

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Experience of violence perception among Iranian female sex workers and their strategies in confronting violence 伊朗女性性工作者对暴力的看法及其应对暴力的策略

IF 1.5 3区社会学

Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103127

Majid Fouladiyan, Atefeh Kaboli

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Contagious media mobilization: The dynamics of anti-harassment activism on campus 传染性媒体动员：校园反骚扰活动的动态

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103118

Wei Chen , Yiyang Wang

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Transitional justice, decolonization and the Romani women: A perspective 过渡时期司法、非殖民化和罗姆妇女：一个视角

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103125

Delia Popescu, Lavinia Stan

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Leveraging ICTs: Central Asian women's agency in the context of bride kidnapping 利用信息通信技术：绑架新娘背景下的中亚妇女机构

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103119

Jasmin Dall'Agnola

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Partial gender quotas: The disparity in women's representation in Taiwan's legislature and cabinet 部分性别配额：台湾立法机关和内阁中女性代表的差异

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103117

Chiu-Wan Liu , Anne Fan An Chen , Po-Han Lee

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“Rescuing the reformable: NGO interventions, queer necropolitics, and the criminalization of hijra families in India” 拯救可改革者：非政府组织干预、酷儿死灵政治和印度海吉拉家庭的犯罪化

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-05-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103123

Liz Mount

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Patriarchy and political regimes: the role of patriarchal narratives in neopatrimonialism, populism, and the rise of the far right 父权制和政治体制：父权制叙事在新世袭主义、民粹主义和极右翼崛起中的作用

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103124

Meral Ugur-Cinar

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An assessment on surging crime, gender violence, and justice mechanisms in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh 对孟加拉国罗兴亚难民营中激增的犯罪、性别暴力和司法机制的评估

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103122

Md Rafiqul Islam

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Local and non-local women entrepreneurship in rural Türkiye: Innovation, collective agency and human capital 农村地区的本地和非本地妇女创业精神：创新、集体代理和人力资本

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-05-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103121

Emine Cihangir , Mehmet Şeremet , Voon Chin Phua , Ezgi Bayram-Öz

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