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What Care for Birthing Mothers? The Relevance of UDHR Art. 25 in the Framework of Obstetric Violence in Italy and Portugal 产妇有什么护理?《世界人权宣言》第25条与意大利和葡萄牙产科暴力问题框架的相关性

Proceedings of The Global Conference on Women’s Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-28 DOI: 10.33422/womensconf.v2i1.87

Francesca Basso

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Social Responsibility of Advertising and Female Beauty: A Document Analysis of Laws and Regulations in Brazil and Portugal 广告的社会责任与女性美:巴西和葡萄牙法律法规的文献分析

Proceedings of The Global Conference on Women’s Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-08 DOI: 10.33422/womensconf.v2i1.78

Hadassa Oliveira

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Construction, Perception and Strategies of Health Risk: The Interview of HPV Vaccination among Chinese Young Women 健康风险的构建、认知与策略:中国年轻女性HPV疫苗接种的访谈

Proceedings of The Global Conference on Women’s Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-08 DOI: 10.33422/womensconf.v2i1.86

Han Zheng

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The Rise of the Modern Witch: Analyzing Devon Cole’s ‘W.I.T.C.H.’ in Feminist Discourse 现代女巫的崛起:分析德文·科尔的《w.i.t.h.》在女权主义话语中

Proceedings of The Global Conference on Women’s Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-21 DOI: 10.33422/womensconf.v2i1.80

Daniella Orias

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