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Charting success of female leaders: Case study of accomplished female leaders' inspirational journeys in education 描绘女性领导者的成功：成功女性领导者在教育方面的激励之旅的案例研究

IF 1.9 3区社会学

Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-07-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103172

Mary Braimah , Hong Zhu , Foster Abrampa Opoku-Mensah , Rosemary Braimah

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“No strength to stop”: Persevering in fertility treatment despite repeated failures – A qualitative investigation “没有力量停止”：尽管多次失败，仍坚持生育治疗-一项定性调查

IF 1.5 3区社会学

Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103176

Yael Benyamini , Maayan Bat-Chen Abramov , Elinor Dori , Ronit D. Leichtentritt

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Homicides committed by women in Montenegrin past and present 黑山过去和现在女性犯下的杀人案

IF 1.5 3区社会学

Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103163

Rajka Đoković , Milena Kavarić

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Writing the other: The private eye in Cheryl A. Head's Bury Me When I’m Dead 写另一个：谢丽尔·a·海德的《当我死时埋葬我》中的私家侦探

IF 1.5 3区社会学

Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103170

Sriya Das , Seema Singh

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When women kill: A comparative gender analysis of female-perpetrated homicide in Serbia 当女性杀人：塞尔维亚女性杀人案件的性别比较分析

IF 1.5 3区社会学

Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103171

Veljko Turanjanin

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“I always knew I could only rely on myself”: Gendered dimensions of Ukrainian women's labor migration to Israel “我一直都知道我只能依靠自己”：乌克兰女性劳工移民以色列的性别维度

IF 1.5 3区社会学

Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103174

Anna Prashizky

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Empowering women through property ownership: Implications for intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries 通过财产所有权赋予妇女权力：对低收入和中等收入国家亲密伴侣暴力的影响

IF 1.5 3区社会学

Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103168

My Nguyen , Van Ha Thi Cam

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Implicit occupational gender stereotypes in India: A skills-based empirical analysis using multiple IATs 印度隐性职业性别刻板印象：基于技能的实证分析

IF 1.5 3区社会学

Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103169

Nancy Gupta, Venkat Ram Reddy, Sunanda Sangwan

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Exploring the causes of violent behavior in female youth in North Macedonia: A risk factor analysis 探讨北马其顿女青年暴力行为的原因：一项危险因素分析

IF 1.5 3区社会学

Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103164

Elena Mujoska Trpevska , Gordana Lažetić

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From precariousness to prostitution: Experiences of Moroccan migrant women with trafficking and sexual exploitation in agricultural settings 从不稳定到卖淫：摩洛哥移民妇女在农业环境中遭受贩运和性剥削的经历

IF 1.5 3区社会学

Womens Studies International Forum Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103162

María del Mar Jiménez-Lasserrotte , María Kinza El Amrani Escot , Dulcenombre de María García-López , Karim El Marbouhe El Faqyr , José Granero-Molina , Erica Briones-Vozmediano

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