Dublin 2023
The 5th Global Conference on Women’s Studies took place from July 28-30 in Dublin, Ireland. The conference featured a diverse range of sessions, including in-person sessions at the venue, oral and poster presentations, and two days of virtual sessions. There were more than 38 presentations covering various topics related to women and gender studies, attracting also over 30 listeners.
The conference covered a wide range of important Topics, including LGBTQ+ Studies, Intersectionality and Culture, Sexual Violence and Recovery, Maternal Health and Human Rights, Gender-based Harassment, Women and Entrepreneurship, Women and Political Leadership, Feminist Perspectives, Women’s History and Literature, and Gender and Work. Two outstanding university professors, Dr. Shelley Jones and Dr. Barbara Magnanelli delivered Keynote Presentations respectively on Women’s Empowerment and Female Leadership in Firms.
Furthermore, a one-hour Workshop on Women’s Studies focused on hindrances in research writing and publishing held by Dr. Hazel Biana. The workshop was focused on feminist and women’s studies research and scholarship, its current trends, and various critical, theoretical, and empirical approaches. The Workshop also tackled specific hindrances and issues faced by researchers and writers when it comes to preparing conference papers and publications, and how to potentially address them.
Additionally, there were Storytelling Sessions held both at the venue and online, covering stories of the hurdles on the road to justice for women, cultural codes and women, empowering aspiring young researchers, self-advocacy for women, and enlisting support from a position of partnership.
At the Film Screening session, the influential film of “Clarissa’s Battle” was screened at the conference, followed by a Q&A session with the director, Tamara Perkins. The online attendees also get the link to watch it from the comfort of their home.
On the second day of the conference, participants had the opportunity to explore Dublin through a City Tour.
The 5th WOMENSCONF event attracted speakers and listeners from more than 35 countries, including Afghanistan, Canada, China, Eswatini, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Malta, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam.
The conference provided a platform for international collaboration and knowledge sharing on important issues related to women’s studies.
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.
Virtual Session
| Presenter | Affiliation | Presentation Topic | |
 | Dr. Shelly Jones | Professor, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University, Canada | UNPACKING WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT: Obstacles, opportunities, and what needs to work: insights from a longitudinal study with Ugandan women |
 | Dr. Barbara Sveva Magnanelli | John Cabot University, Italy | Female Leadership in Firms, Analyzing Different Aspect |
 | Dr. Hazel T. Biana (Workshop) | Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, De La Salle University-Manila, Philippines | Women’s Studies: Hindrances in Research Writing and Publishing |
 | Dr. Gavan Patrick Gray | Tsuda University, Japan | Gender-based Harassment in Japanese Institutions: A Soft Policy Response Aimed at Normative Change |
 | Dr. Rachel Nayani | Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, | Clearing the Pathway for Women in Wind: Improving gender-based outcomes in the Offshore Wind Industry |
 | Dr. Iryna Tytarchuk | National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine | Women Entrepreneurship Finance: Ukrainian case studies together with UK experience |
 | Dr. Christina Vogels | AUT University, New Zealand | THE MODERN-DAY DUEL: Men’s use of territory marking as a form of control |
 | Dr. Lutfurahman Aftab | International Islamic University Islamabad, Afghanistan | Afghan women’s perception and worries under the ruling of the Taliban |
 | Dr. Sandra Meškova | Daugavpils University, Latvia | Screaming in Silence: Narrative Voice in Latvian Writer Gundega Repše’s Prose Fiction |
 | Dr. Christina Stave | The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute VTI, Sweden | Gender Equality Culture – Measuring attitudes towards gender equality in the transport sector |
 | Dr. Kate Mukungu | Independent Scholar, United Kingdom | Inter-Age Relations in Post-Conflict Anti-Violence against Women and Girls Activism |
 | Dr. Maria Kalfa | AUTH, UOWM, Greece | Migration and Gender: the discourse of the Other in public Discourse |
 | Dr. Prachi Priyanka | Sharda University, India | Through the lens of gendered violence: Agony, Angst and Abduction in the Partition stories of Sadat Hasan Manto |
 | Dr. Ly Quyet Tien | Eastern International University, Vietnam | Lesbian Images in Vietnamese LGBTQ Films |
 | Dr. Angela Kahil | INALCO / USEK, France | A gendered History in the Levant: citizenship and decoloniality in Syria and Lebanon (1920-1946) |
 | Lorraine Hayman | Global Women’s Studies PhD Researcher, School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, Ireland | How the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 Fails to Capture the Harms of Cyber Sexual Violence |
 | Zihao Zhuang | Zhuang-Help Africa International, China | The Impact of Covid-19 on Female Entrepreneurs in Ghana |
 | Adriana Cantón Balcázar | Universidad de Salamanca, Spain | The Role of Men with the Arisen of Feminist Power |
 | Hadassa Oliveira | University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal | Social responsibility of advertising and female beauty: a documentary analysis of recent laws and regulations in Brazil and Portugal |
 | Bianca Bellucci | University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy | The Feminist City Is Solarpunk. Redefining The Concept Of ‘Safe Space’ Through Feminism And Solarpunk Theory |
 | Shainal Verma | Indian Institute of Technology, India | Dalit feminist everyday: Narratives from the field |
 | Lucca Olivia Munnik | Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa | Risk and Resilience: Exploring the Ecological Factors that Impact Rape Recovery |
 | Francesca Basso | ISCSP – University of Lisbon, Portugal | What care for birthing mothers? The relevance of UDHR art. 25 in the framework of obstetric violence |
 | Caroline Israel | UONGOZI INSTITUTE, Tanzania | Women and Political Leadership: Facilitating Factors in Tanzania |
 | Gloria Nyambura Kenyatta | Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg/Arnold Bergstraesser Institut, Germany | Who is being Left Behind? Participatory Exclusion of Marginalized Groups in Kenya |
 | Sky Mary Jane Mallari | Waseda University, Japan | Tokyo Transient Migrants’ Stories: Home is a Fleeting Romance, But Nevertheless |
 | Nigora Mamadaminova | University of Warsaw, Poland | Leadership Attributes of Female Leaders in Higher Education in Uzbekistan |
 | Anamika Pundir | Indira Gandhi National Tribal University , India | Women condition in Man created system: A Analysis of Political system |
 | Dong Xiaoshuang | Tsinghua university, China | Alterity of Female Identity Represented in The Portrait of a Lady from the Perspective of Postcolonialism |
 | Nadeeka Gamage | International Christian University, Sri Lanka | Gender Differences in Perceiving Barriers to E-commerce Adoption among Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka |
 | Polina Lukyantseva | KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Japan | Cultural Dynamics and Domestic Abuse in International Households: A Comprehensive Study on Emotional, Coercive, and Economic Abuse in International Households in Japan |
 | Naima Saed Mohamed | Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey | How is Somali culture in Workplace? |
 | Kiyara Ananmalay | Nedbank Limited, South Africa | Generations of Time: Photography, Photomontage and the Archive in Lebohang Kgayne’s Ke Lefa Laka |
 | Daniella Orias | Florida Atlantic University, United States | THE RISE OF THE MODERN “W.I.T.C.H.” AS REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE ACTIVIST: CASTING OFF THE PATRIARCHY |
 | Feixiang Liu | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain | The Forgotten Women’s History: Women Writers of the 27th Generation in Spain |
 | Richika Tyagi | High Court of Delhi, New Delhi, India | Paternity Leaves for Fostering Equal Parenthood and Work Life Balance for Mothers |
 | Gizem Dik | Ibn Haldun University, Turkey | Women’s Right to Work in the Journal of Kadınlar Dünyası, Historical Background, Discussions, and Struggle |
 | Amaka E. Ezeano (Storytelling) | Managing Partner, Matlom Legal, Nigeria | Her Hurdles on The Road To Justice |
 | Dr. Sevim Zehra Can Kaya (Storytelling) | KADEM Women and Democracy Foundation, Turkey | Cultural Codes and Women: KADEM’s Fifth International Women and Justice Summit |
 | Abeer Zeibak Haddad (Storytelling) | Beit-Berl College, Israel | WOMEN of freedom |
 | Leila Kubesch (Storytelling) | Award-winning Educator and founder of Parents 2 Partners, United States | The Art of the Ask- Self-Advocacy for Women: How to Enlist Support from a Position of Partnership |
 | Grace Chenxin Liu | Founder, Sharing to Empower, United States | Give hope, Empower Women & Change Lives: Sharing to Empower the Next Generation of Aspiring Young Researchers |