Copenhagen 2025
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7th Global Conference on Women’s Studies
The 7th Global Conference on Women’s Studies was held from July 25-27, 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark, encompassing a diverse array of sessions, both in person at the venue and virtually. The conference served as a platform for international collaboration and knowledge sharing on important issues related to women’s studies.
The 6th WOMENSCONF attracted speakers and listeners from over 40 countries, including Australia, Algeria, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lithuania, Mali, Malaysia, Montenegro, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam.
The conference featured 70 presentations covering a wide spectrum of topics related to women’s studies, attracting an audience of more than 20 listeners.
6th WOMENSCONF comprised specialized Sessions in various areas of women’s studies such as Women in the Workplace and Leadership, Gender, Representation, and Identity, Feminism, Art, and Activism, Gender, Health, and Sexuality, Global Issues and Intersectionality, Technology and Gender, Gender and Education, and Gender and Work, with numerous papers presented in each category.
The distinguished University Professor, Dr. Judith Balatonyi, delivered a Keynote Presentation on Marriage Research from a Male and Female Perspective. The conference also owes a debt of gratitude to the Session Chairs, Dr. Jennifer Bone, Dr. Carolina Gallo Garcia, and Dr. Nihaya Daoud, whose contributions were instrumental in ensuring its success.
During the Film Screening session, the influential film “Duma” was screened, followed by a Q&A session with the director, Dr. Abeer Zeibak Haddad. Online attendees were also provided with a link to watch the full film from the comfort of their own homes.
On the second day of the conference, participants had the opportunity to explore Copenhagen through a City Tour guided by two local guides.
We invite you to join us at the 7th Global Conference on Women’s Studies (WOMENSCONF) in 2025, where we will delve into pressing challenges in the field and the barriers that communities face on a global, regional, and local level. Your participation by submitting research papers and sharing insights will contribute to shaping a better future for women and fostering meaningful change.
Be a part of this transformative event by submitting your research papers and sharing your insights. Together, let's shape a better future for women and contribute to meaningful change.
Join us at the 7th Global Conference on Women's Studies (WOMENSCONF) in 2025 as we delve into pressing challenges in the field and the barriers that communities face on a global, regional, and local level.
Testimonials
| Name | Title | Affiliation | |
 | Prof. Dr. Lise Gotell | Canadian Sexual Assault Decisions and the Digitization of Sexual Violence | University of Alberta, Canada |
| Prof. Dr. CHi-Yo Huang | Identifying Structural Barriers to Women’s Participation in ICT via Topic Modeling | Graduate Institute of Technology Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan |
| Prof. Dr. Martina Voigt | Women in Business and Me. A Look back at 40 Years in Gender Research | Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
| Prof Dr. Noura Al Obeidli | Narrating Negotiation: Emirati Women Journalists and the Unfolding of Patriarchal Tribalism in Newsrooms | New York University Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates |
| Dr. Giuseppina Scotto di Carlo | Framing Gender-Based Violence: Victim-Blaming in Indian-English Media Discourse | Università di Napoli ‘L’Orientale’, Italy |
| Dr. Marijana Kardum | A Sisterhood, but in Conflict: Women’s Movements in East Central Europe | University of Zagreb, Croatia |
 | Dr. Peggy Bloomer | Reimagining Beowulf: Feminist Perspectives on Maternal Matrices and Mimetic Inhabitation | Central Connecticut State University, the United States |
 | Dr. Thuy Nhat Minh Vo | Work-Life Balance Strategies for Mothers in Education: A Study of University Lecturers and High School Teachers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | University of Greenwich Vietnam |
| Dr. Madinatu Bello | Contesting orthodoxies, building bridges in indigenous drumming ecosystem in Ghana: A phenomenology of female indigenous master drummers | University of Cape Coast, Ghana |
 | Dr. Ezgi Tuna Kaykusuz | The Association between Gender Role Attitudes, Emotion Regulation, and Relationship Satisfaction in Turkish Women | Izmir University of Economics,Turkey |
 | Dr. Sebastian Angzoorokuu Paalo | Voice, Space, and Structure: Women’s Agency and Peacebuilding in Ghana and Sierra Leone | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana |
| Dr. Angela Meyer Sterzik | Masculinity as Advocate in Fluid Gender Performativity: An Autoethnography in a Martial Art and Combat Sport (MACS) | University of Tampa, the United States |
| Dr. Annette Marie Garvey | Can you hear my voice? Navigating the journey from pregnancy in adolescence to early motherhood in Uganda. | Australian Catholic University |
| Dr. Fen-Fen Huang | Occupational Health Risks and Health Promotion Strategies for Female Healthcare Workers: A Case Study of a Regional Hospital in New Taipei City | Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology, Taiwan |
| Dr. Ronit Reuven Even Zahav | “Gender Dynamics in Adult Mother-Daughter Relationships: Insights from Cross-Cultural Transitions” | Ruppin Academic Center, Israel |
| Dr. Enaya Hammad Othman | Stitching Heritage and Resistance: Palestinian Women’s Empowerment through Cultural Clothing | Marquette University, the United States |
| Dr. Olivia Tena Guerrero | College Men in Feminist Groups. Alliances, Dividends and Discomforts Related to Masculinity Norms | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Dr. Geraldine Boyle | The gendered expectations and experiences of South Asian female young adult carers | The Open University, the United Kingdom |
| Dr. Janice Du Mont | Improving care for trans and gender diverse survivors of intimate partner violence: Preliminary findings from an evaluation of an interactive e-learning curriculum | Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Canada |
| Robin Mason | A Canadian cross-sectional survey of service providers’ capacity to respond to sex trafficked persons | Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Canada |
| Dr. Barbara Crow | Radical Feminism Revisited: 25 Years Later | Queen’s University, Canada |
| Dr. Hamida Riahi | Arbiya, a short story | Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia |
| Dr. Kathrin Bereiter | Intersectional Power Dynamics in Preventive Detention | FH OÖ, Campus Linz, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Austria |
| Dr. Maria Asuncion Vicente | Interdisciplinary Strategies to Mitigate Gender Bias in AI-Generated Imagery | Miguel Hernandez University, Spain |
 | Dr. Melek Halifeoglu | Violence Against Women in Turkey: A Gender Analysis of The AKP | Bingöl University, Turkey |
| Dr. Maria Agnese | Italian women who emigrated to Egypt (1870-1940) That is, what happens when the woman is the one who leaves home? | Universidad Autonoma de Cantoblanco Madrid, Italy |
| Dr. Lai Kuen Shirley Law | Navigating Work-Life Balance and Career Advancement: Exploring Gender Equality Among Female Employees in Contemporary China | University of South Wales, the United Kingdom |
| Dr. Zahra Elamine | Barriers to Care and Gendered Retraumatization of Sexual Violence Survivors in Morocco | Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco |
| Dr. Rut Lucas-Domínguez | Bridging the Gap: Gender Equity in International Cancer and Cardiovascular Research | Unversity of Valencia, Spain |
| MSC. Maria Júlia Vieira | Examining the Representation and Inclusion of Women in Live Streaming: A Semiotic Analysis of Twitch’s Rules, Policies and Guidelines | Pedro Cardoso and Luciana Lima, Portugal |
| MSC. Rebecca Tognazzi | From Visual Investigation To Consciousness Rising. Butler’s Contribution To Ethical Discourse | University of Bari ALDO MORO, Italy |
| Mr. Joel Platt | Deconstructing Patriarchal Legacies: The Human Right to Politico-Linguistic Existence as a Challenge to Female Genital Mutilation in Senegal | PhD cand. (Durham University), MSc (Oxford University), the United Kingdom |
| Mrs. Onyinyechi Okoye | Reproductive Rights in Nigeria: Telling Our Stories, Reclaiming Our Power | Generation Initiative for Women and Youth Network (GIWYN), Nigeria |
| Mrs. Nkelad Moh Bongo | Education and Empowerment of women: Issues and Impact | University of Buea, Cameroon |
| Mrs. Petra Poncarova | Czech Media Discourse and Menstruation | Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Czech Republic |
 | Mrs. Rosana Monteverde Valle | Glosa for Julia Margarita: Archiving the Intersection Between Domestic Work, Care, and Visual Memory | Centro de la Imagen & Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya , Peru |
| Mrs. Jolanda Robinson | The (Un)likelihood of Male Allies for Gender Equality in the ICT Sector and Governance | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Mrs. Aver Eden Rouse | Love Expressions | The Eden Rouse Law Offices, PLLC, the United States |
| Mrs. Frida Selim Williams | Islamic Dress Bans and the Social Experiences of Muslim Women: Media and Grassroots Narratives in France and Denmark | Aalborg University, Denmark |
| Mrs. Carolina Wienand-Sangare | Report on an inclusive innovation system for the private sector: business enterprise perspective | Fraunhofer ISI, Germany |
 | Ms. Yiduo Lin | Parental child snatching: Legal implications | Syracuse university, the United States |
 | Ms. Yunning Wang | Gender Discrimination in Employment: Challenges and Coping Strategies for Women in China | Department in Anthropology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea |
| Ms. Vladica Jovanovic | UN Statistical framework for measuring femicide/feminicide: a weak attempt at addressing a critical gender issue | University of Sussex, the United Kingdom |
| Ms. Kara Marie Schneider | Parallel Paths, Divergent Outcomes: A Comparative Analysis of Women’s Bodily Autonomy in the Constitutional Frameworks of France and the United States | University of Aberdeen, the United Kingdom |
 | Ms. Szonja Zoltanfi | ‘Everything inside the house … is my job. But outside the house, it’s his job.’ Thai migrant women’s experiences of housework, mental load and power | VID Specialized University Centre for Diaconia and Professional Practice, Norway |
| Ms. Samiksha Sharma | Resocializing masculinity: A feminist framework for transformation. | Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India |
| Ms. Vera Oko | Maternal Experiences And The Politics Of Breastfeeding | University of Ottawa, Canada |
| Ms. Man Dong | Who Tells the Tale? Gender, Ideology, and Narrative Framing in Dream of the Red Chamber Adaptations | Master student of Anhui University, China |
| Ms. Bin Gan | From Social Voice to Algorithmic Visibility: A New Playbook for Women’s Leadership | Tampere University, China |
| Ms. Linda Grace Alanyo | Barriers and Facilitators of Reproductive Autonomy of Adolescent Girls in Western Uganda | Mountains of the Moon University, Uganda |
| Ms. Xiayi Li | Reimagining Ecologies: Ecofeminist Becoming and Multispecies Worlding in Yunnan Urban-Rural Migration | Independent Researcher (MA, The University of Melbourne), China |
 | Ms. Chengxi Li | Embodiment and Subject Formation: An Illness Narrative Study of Young Women with Eating Disorders in China | Beijing Normal University, China |
| Ms. Nushrat Azam | Crossing Borders, Breaking Barriers: Exploring Migration, ‘Othering,’ and Identity in Bangladeshi Women’s Fiction—Insights from Brick Lane and The Bones of Grace | Charles Sturt University, Australia |
 | Ms. Shubhangi Baranwal | Breaking Barriers through Law: A Constitutional Perspective on Menstrual Health Rights in India | Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India |
| Ms. Rama Singh | Queerness and the Female Body in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian: Metamorphosis, Refusal, and the Politics of Unbecoming | University of Exeter, the United Kingdom |
| Ms. Hannan Said Mohamud | “Is Canada fulfilling its obligations to the UN when responding to hate crimes and speech? A summary review of UN recommendations for Alberta and the federal government.” | Canadian Council of Muslim Women, Canada |
| Ms. Nazan Eda Mumcu | Fragmentation of Women’s Indentity Through Prostitution | Independent Researcher, Türkiye |
| Ms. Thu Le | Digital Spaces, Queer Places: Queer Identities Co-creation through Genshin Impact’s Fandom | DePauw University, United States |
| Ms. Sumie Chan | Intertextuality in Literary Representations of Women in Shakespearean Classics, European plays, Hollywood Cinema and Popular Songs in globe | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Ms. Lana Yi | Online Chinese Feminism and Self-Gifting of Lingerie: An Intersectional Perspective | University of Greenwich, the United Kingdom |
| Ms. Naluyima Hamidah | Gendered Depictions & Migration: The Impact of Germany’s Mass Media on Migrant Women’s Perceived and Achieved Integration | Empowerment Initiative For Women And Youth Uganda |
| Mx. Lucrezia Fortuna | Same-sex marriage is not only a matter of equality, but also of gender and social justice | Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro , Italy |
