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Unpacking gendered challenges and coping strategies: A qualitative study on female educational leadership in Nepal 拆解性别挑战与应对策略：尼泊尔女性教育领导的质性研究

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103216

Jeevan Khanal , Archana Singh , Yongzhong Jiang

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Exploring the links between patriarchy, informal networks, and corruption tolerance: Evidence from Kazakhstan 探讨父权制、非正式网络和腐败容忍之间的联系：来自哈萨克斯坦的证据

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103213

Sejin Koo

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Weaving resistance: Gendered labor and solidarity in a rural workshop in Turkey 编织抵抗：土耳其农村车间的性别劳动和团结

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103206

Yeliz Kendir Gök

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Weathering the storm: Career development stories of Syrian refugee women in Türkiye 风雨同舟：叙利亚难民妇女在土耳其的职业发展故事

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103203

Zeynep Şimşir Gökalp , Hatice İrem Özteke Kozan , Zeynep Görgülü

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Ukrainian displaced women entrepreneurs in EU countries: Pathways to inclusion in the European business environment 欧盟国家的乌克兰流离失所女企业家：融入欧洲商业环境的途径

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-09-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103201

Yevheniia Polishchuk , Tetiana Yereskova, Iuliia Gernego, Vladyslav Horbov, Yuliia Horbova

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“There are different parts of me”: Acculturation of Gujarati women living in London and balancing two cultures “我有不同的部分”：生活在伦敦的古吉拉特女性的文化适应和平衡两种文化

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-09-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103202

Anjni Pindolia , Elisabeth Julie Vargo

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From labor rights to the right to care: Contributions from the vital turn in Latin America 从劳工权利到照顾权：拉丁美洲重大转折的贡献

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103205

Raquel Rojas

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Weaving culture: Indigenous women of Northeast India as agents of tradition and identity 编织文化：印度东北部的土著妇女作为传统和身份的代理人

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-09-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103199

Zothanchhingi Khiangte , Dolikajyoti Sharma

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Entanglement of modernity, ethnicity, and contested empowerment: Gendered paradoxes in a Miao Village Development in China 现代性、族群性与争议性赋权的纠缠：中国苗族村落发展中的性别悖论

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-09-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103200

Chuanhong Zhang, Heshui Huang

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Voice, silence and privilege in the neoliberal university: The ‘irresponsibility’ of Gender and Women's Studies pedagogies in higher education in India 新自由主义大学中的声音、沉默与特权：印度高等教育中性别与妇女研究教学法的“不负责任”

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-09-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103198

Maria Tsouroufli , A. Tambe , O. Filippakou , S. Shankar

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