Oxford 2026

8th Global Conference on Women’s Studies

The 8th Global Conference on Women’s Studies was held from March 27-29, 2026 in Oxford, UK, 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 8th edition attracted experts from all around globe, such as the United States, Uganda, Montenegro, India, South Africa, China, UK, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Lebanon, Italy and other countries and regions. These experts discussed issues such as women in the workplace, gender, representation, identity, feminism, activism, health, sexuality, and more, with numerous papers presented in each category.

The distinguished university associate professor of art and design at Central Connecticut State University, Dr. Peggy Ann Bloomer, delivered a keynote Presentation titled “When Women Refuse: Misreading Women’s Bodies, Survival, and Authority.” The conference also owes a debt of gratitude to our highlighted speakers Ms. Avion Diana Spencer and Ms. Ellen Bomasang, whose research were inspiring and innovative.

Be the voice of the silenced and Oppressed!

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.

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 9th Global Conference on Women's Studies (WOMENSCONF) in 2026 as we delve into pressing challenges in the field and the barriers that communities face on a global, regional, and local level.

Name		Title	Affiliation
	Prof. Dr. Sopio Totibadze	Language, Gender, and Subtle Power: Gaslighting and Micromachism in Georgian Academic Discourse	Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia
	Assist. Prof. Ana Margarida De Areia Soares	The Architecture of Resistance: Paula Rego and Propaganda	University of Edinburgh, the United Kingdom
	Dr. Alexa Palilla	Obligation and Ambition: Responsibilities of Women in Leadership Education	Gannon University, the United States
	Dr. Nestor Basemera	Women Micro-Entrepreneurhip and Social Change in Kampala Central Division, Uganda	Makerere University, Uganda
	Dr. Angela Kahil	Gendered Governance in Fragile States: The NCLW and the Localization of the WPS Agenda in Lebanon	USEK, Lebanon
	Dr. Suparna Das	Victim Blaming: A silent perpetuator of domestic violence in Indian households	Asian University for Women, Bangladesh
	Dr. Avion Spencer	Breaking the Labor Market Barrier: The Lived Experiences of Immigrant Women Entering the United States (U.S.) Workforce	Concordia University – Wisconsin, the United States
	Dr. Walkowa Odinga	Mitigating Structural Violence Against Women Leaders Within Political Parties: Lessons from Nairobi	Durban University of Technology, South Africa
	Dr. Elise van der Mark	Unseen, unheard and undervalued: experiences of Dutch women working in the IT sector	IISG/KNAW, Netherlands
	Dr. Kim Nguyen-Nalpas	Intergenerational Transmission of Gendered Dynamics: Bearing Witness to A Mother’s Sacrifice	SUNY Cortland, the United States
	Dr. Deepika Faugoo	Gender Equality at the Top: Why Women Remain Underrepresented in Leadership in Mauritian Institutions	School of Business, Management & Finance,University of Technology, Mauritius
	Dr. Noemi Fregara	“Vegetal Women” in Contemporary Polish Ecofiction: Ecofeminist Readings of Dominika Słowik’s Short Stories Wegetacja and Pnącze from the Collection Samosiejki (2021)	University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy
	Dr. Sana Khalil	Selective Patriarchy: Close-Kin Marriage and Women’s Acceptance of Intimate Partner Violence	University of Washington, the United States
	Dr. Nirmala Loung Poorunder	Assessing The Impact of Key Enablers of Women’s Leadership Advancement in Mauritius	University of Technology Mauritius(UTM), Mauritius
	Dr. Lai Kuen Law	Unveiling the Inequity: Mapping the Determinants of Female Underrepresentation in Sri Lanka’s Maritime Sector	University of South Wales, the United Kingdom
	Dr. Krisztina Cseppentő	Reading Women’s Lives: Autobiography, Education, and Social Mobility in European Women’s Histories	University of Pécs, Hungary
	Dr. Rut Lucas Domínguez	Improvement in Gender Perspective in Health Research over last five years	UISYS Research Group, Unit of Information and Social and Health Research, University of Valencia.Associated Unit to INAECU Interuniversity Institute for Advanced Research on Science and University Evaluation. UC3M-UAM, Spain – Department of History of Science and Documentation, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, Spain – Department of Social Work, School of Social Sciences, University of Valencia, Spain – Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto. Porto, Portugal
	Dr. Noemi Fregara	“Vegetal Women” in Contemporary Polish Ecofiction: Ecofeminist Readings of Dominika Słowik’s Short Stories Wegetacja and Pnącze from the Collection Samosiejki (2021)	Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Italy
	Dr. Nirmala Loung Poorunder	Assessing The Impact of Key Enablers of Women’s Leadership Advancement in Mauritius	University of Technology Mauritius
	Rev. Doreen Benavidez	Clash Of Cultures: Re-Emerging Of Women Leadership Roles in The Religious Context in The Philippines	Academic Dean Saleng Leadership Institute, Philippines
	MSC. Esther Neven	Silencing in Policing About Former Genderviolence	Affiliated researcher University of Groningen, Netherlands
	Mx. Jess Mills	Misogynist Incels and the Construction of Hierarchy Through Cryptolect	New York University, the United States
	Mr. Ming Dong	Gender, Professionalization, and Economic Agency in China’s Contemporary Equestrian Industry	Youth Riders Safety Network, China
	Mrs. Karen Reidy Lavarnway	Firefighters as Transhuman: Rethinking Gender, Ability, and Women’s Work in a Technologically Enhanced Profession	Salve Reginia University, the United States
	Mrs. Nushrat Azam	Performing and Resisting Motherhood: Intersectional Feminist Readings of Cultural Identity in Diasporic South Asian Novels	Charles Sturt University, Australia
	Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi	Violence During Pregnancy: Care and Accountability in Institutional Practice in Lagos State, Nigeria	Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, Nigeria – Development Centre on Law and Society (CEDIS), NOVA School of Law, Lisboa, Portugal
	Mrs. Nurhani Widiastuti	Community-Based Mangrove Management in Wondama Bay, Papua, Indonesia: The Absent Voice of Women in Decision-Making	University of Montpellier, France
	Ms. Christina Zhang	The Instrumentalization of Gender-Based Violence in Warfare: A Comparative Study of Old, New, And Future Wars	Shanghai Pinghe School, China
	Ms. Shubhra Verma	Diasporic Women and Feminist Representation in Mira Nair’s Films	NIIT University, India
	Ms. Enkhkhuslen Bat-Erdene	Political Empowerment of Women in East Asia: How Female Politicians Are Treated on social media Compared to Male Politicians in Mongolia	Yenching Academy of Peking University, Uganda
	Ms. Milica Markovic	Women Empowerment in Western Balkan	Femme Foundation, Montenegro
	Ms. Clara Lopez	Family as a Site of Gendered Inclusion? Italy’s Assegno di Inclusione and Chile’s Subsidio Único Familiar	Roma Tre University, Italy
	Ms. Ellen Bomasang	Women Of Colour in International Development: Navigating Identity Assault in Trump’s America	University of Birmingham, the United States
	Ms. Catherine Liu	Invisible Hands, Resilient Hearts: Chinese Immigrant Women Navigating Work, Family, And Identity In New York’s Restaurant Industry	Rise With Food Foundation, the United States
	Ms. Kara Schneider	The Schneider Scale: Women’s Bodily Autonomy as A Barometer for The Health of Democratic Institutions	The American University of Paris, France
	Ms. Beyzanur Yaşar Aktı	Nigar Hanım’s Tea Gatherings as a Semi-Public Space in Late Ottoman Society	Women and Democracy Foundation (KADEM), Turkey
	Ms. Dyuthi Dhawan	Understanding Endometriosis Diagnostic and Treatment Delays: Implications for Future Public Policy	Jericho High School, the United States
	Ms. Oluchi Nwokocha	Chain, Chain, Chain: Unbreaking the Chains of incarceration through improvisation, devised theatre, and storytelling	San Jose State University, the United States
	Ms. M. Sofia Azuara Villanueva	Negotiating Power in the City: Cultural Policy, Symbolic Change, and Feminist Re-signification in Mexico City	University of Coimbra, Mexico
	Ms. Aoi Matsuda	Educational Paradox and the Significance of Women’s Tertiary Education in Bangladesh	Soka University of America, the United States
	Ms. Nafisa Kiani	An Intersectional Analysis of Muslim Women’s Experiences In Politics	UEL, the United Kingdom
	Ms. Paula Slier	Information Warfare and the Gendered Architecture of Online Hate	Independent Journalist & Researcher, South Africa
	Ms. Grace Kim	Sanctified Suffering: Mens Sana in Corpore Sano, Title IX, and the Genealogy of Institutional Silence Among Female Athletes at Phillips Academy Andover	Phillips Academy Andover, the United States
	Ms. Dinghui Wang	Queenship Across Empires: A Postcolonial Feminist Reading of Syair Siti Zubaidah Perang Cina and Virgil’s The Aeneid	Zhaotong University, China – Universiti Sains Malaysia