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Mobilizing the women, peace and security agenda for refugee women's participation: Committees and cooperatives in Turkey

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103052

Bilge Sahin , Irem Sengul

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Are we leaving women with disabilities in the Global South behind? How the reinforcement of different forms of violence leads to unsustainable development

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103051

Christine Bigler , Yamila Pita , Sony K.C.

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Introduction to the special issue - (Re)writing global gender norms: The role of southern actors

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.102999

Soumita Basu, Philipp Gieg, Peace A. Medie

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Gendered perspectives on obsessive-compulsive disorder among Russian women: A comparative study of self-identified and clinically diagnosed individuals

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2024-12-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103049

Elizaveta Shmidova , Oxana Mikhaylova

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Visibility and recognition. The struggle for visibility and recognition of the 8th of March Network

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2024-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103044

Isabel Babo

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‘I am a mother before anything else’: An analysis through the discursive angle of Positioning Theory

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2024-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103047

Kadriye Aytaç-Demirçivi

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Role of formal aquaculture industry for empowering women: A study in the southern coastal region of Bangladesh

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2024-12-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103046

Mahbuba Akter Shanta , Shihab Uddin Suman , Md. Monirul Islam

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Migration and the transformation of gender and parenting roles: Syrian and Afghan women in Turkey

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103041

Peri Tutar Çınar

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An acceptance and commitment therapy group intervention for university women survivors of intimate partner violence in Turkey: A pilot feasibility study

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2024-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103042

Ceren Bektaş-Aydın, Fulya Yüksel-Şahin

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Biases and exclusions in the occupational health issues of domestic workers in Spain

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Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2024-12-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103040

Jesús Martínez Sevilla , Vanesa Hervías Parejo

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