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We had an incredible Gender Studies and Sexuality Conference, bringing together educators and experts from around the globe, including Germany, Greece, Romania, UAE, South Africa, UK, Canada, Indonesia, Georgia, Qatar, Estonia, and many more. Participants engaged in insightful conversations, shared their knowledge and experiences, and listened to talks on critical issues and innovative solutions in Gender Studies and Sexuality.
If you were there, you know what a unique opportunity it was to exchange ideas, find inspiration, and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and solutions in the field. If you missed it, be sure to mark your calendar for the next event and join us to be part of this transformative experience!
If you were there, you know what a unique opportunity it was to exchange ideas, find inspiration, and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and solutions in the field. If you missed it, be sure to mark your calendar for the next event and join us to be part of this transformative experience!
Highlighted Speakers
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| Dr. Maxwell Mhlanga | University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda | Improving access to sexual and reproductive health services among adolescent women in Zimbabwe |
 | Prof. Dr. Janet Bennion | Vermont State University, The United States | Polyamory in Paris: A Social Network Analysis of Alternative Sexual Relationships |
| Dr. Glen Anthony Harris | University of North Carolina Willmington, The United States | Victorian Illusions: The Morality of Pornography and the American Character 1925 – 2015 |
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| Prof. Dr Robert Hamilton | Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea | Digital Desires and Racialized Borders: How Dating Apps Shape Transnational Students’ Belonging in South Korea |
| Dr. Lucy Glasspool | Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, Japan | “Judgement-free” Sexuality: Expression and support on Japanese amateur audio erotica sites |
| Dr. Aref Abu-Gweded | Kaye Academic College of Education, Israel | The Academic Sphere as an Opportunity for Empowerment: The Teacher Training Track through the Eyes of Arab-Bedouin Women in Israel |
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| Dr. Daniele Durante | Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy | Sexology versus Folklore: The Argument over a Native Conception of Gender in Early 1920s Japan |
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| Dr. Yael Mishali | Tel Aviv University; Ben-Gurion University, Israel | Queer Politics of Belonging |
| Dr. Amal Abu-Saad | Kaye Academic, Israel | Dialogic Discourse as a Tool for Strengthening Identity and Cultural Belonging among Arab Female Students in a Teacher Training College |
| Prof. Dr Robert O’mochain | Ritsumeikan, Japan | The #MeToo Legacy in Japan: Awareness |
| Prof. Dr Lars Sörries-Vorberger | University of Hamburg, Germany | Pronoun Specification in German |
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| Dr. Dana Cole | Harold Washington College, The United States | Shattering the Myth: Exploring Beauty Standards and their Role in Perpetuating Gender Inequality |
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| Dr. Fancy Paul | Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad, India | Women Writing Survival, Men Scripting Hope: Gendered Approaches to Suicide Prevention in Literature |
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| Prof. Dr Annina Boehm-Fischer | Alice Salomon University of Applied Science Berlin, Germany | Consent across the Spectrum: Comparing queer and cis-heterosexual approaches to sexual agreement |
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| Dr. Orli Dahan | Tel-Hai College, Israel | Designing Surrender: Set, Setting, and Altered Consciousness in BDSM |
| Dr. Zihan Zhang | Toyo University, Japan | A Development of Attitudes scale towards LGBT people: A study based on Japanese university students |
| Dr. Concepcion Corotan | University of Santo Tomas, Philippines | Exploring the Lived Experiences of Adolescent Parenting in the Philippines: Challenges and Opportunities |
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| Dr. Ekaterina Santanna | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China | Empowered by Choice: Feminist Self Management of Menopausal Symptoms in a Digital Community |
| Dr. Manoj Jinadasa | University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka | Young Male Identity and Sexuality in the Digital Age: Exploring Visibility and Representation |
| Dr. Morgan Mok-Won Park | The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, China | Global Acclaim and Local Censure: Gendered Discourses on The Vegetarian |
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| Dr. Hamida Riahi | Northern Border University Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia | Intersectionality and Islamic Feminism: Key Tools for Eradicating Gender Inequality in the Saudi Labor Market. |
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| Haiyi Chen | University of Pennsylvania, United States | Framing Femininity: Audience Reception of Gender Representation in Chinese Mythological Cinema on Xiaohongshu |
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| Júlia Vilaplana Alcina | Polibienestar Research Institute (University of Valencia), Spain | “In my dreams, gender disappears”. Social perceptions of gender identity and Legal Recognition in Spain |
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| Arjun Shetty | George Washington University, The United States | Reproductive Health Needs of Transmasculine Patients: A Review of Barriers, Best Practices, and Future Directions |
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| Xinyue Yu | Shanghai Guanghua Cambridge International School, China | Spaces of Our Own: Reimagining Women-Only Spaces in China as Sites of Safety, Belonging, and Exclusion |
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| Ishaan Lal | Georg August Universität, India | Prostitution in Modern India: Historicity, Modernity, and Contemporary Offshoots |
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| Rita Da Silva Terrinca Belo Vieira | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal | The role of TikTok in Portuguese young adults’ perspective on gender identity |
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| Noemi Chiavassa | Utrecht University, the Netherlands | Feminismo de las Putas: Sex Workers and Punitive Feminism in Catalonia, Spain |
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| Özge Göçer | Middle East Technical University, Turkey | Kichwa Peoples’ Approach to Queer Ecology and Its Implications on Queer Eco-pedagogy |
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| Hollie Trollen | University of Chichester, The United Kingdom | Collapsing the Canteen: Encouraging and Empowering Police Personnel to Report Sexual Misconduct amongst their Colleagues. |
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| Rylee Spooner | University of Chichester, The United Kingdom | Prevalence and Risk Factors of LGBTQ+ Identity Abuse: A Scoping Review |
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| Yuting Qin | Goldsmiths, University of London, The United Kingdom | Manufactured Desired: How Social Media and Influencer Agencies Sexualise and Monetise Pregnant Influencers |
| Brooklyn Bond | Technological University of the Shannon, Ireland | Women In Tattooing: Historical Significance And Lasting Influence |
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| Aidan Andreas Sunassee | The University of Europe for Applied Sciences / The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance (TASHRA), Germany | Healing Through Trauma Play: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Participants’ Personal Narratives |
| Abeer Zeibak Hadad | Beit Berl Academic College, Kfar Saba, Israel | From Silence to Freedom: Women Rising Against Violence |
| Dharma Gómez | National University of Colombia, Colombia | The Effective Enjoyment of The Right to Full Health Within the Framework of Sexual, Reproductive, And Menstrual Rights Among Street-Dwelling Menstruating Bodies in Los Mártires Locality (2020-2024), Bogota- Colombia |
| Vidoushi Ramjheetun Locknauth | Open University of Mauritius, Mauritius | Decolonising bodies in motion: Navigating Queer Dance Choreographies through Homocolonialism |
| Xuechun Jin | The University of Queensland, Australia | Local specificity and everyday politics of Chinese postfeminism: Challenging and/or reinforcing traditional gender norms in women’s self-help culture on Douyin |
 | Theresa Pham | UNSW, Australia | The New Generation of Incels on Tiktok |
| Anna Hardy | The University of Melbourne, Australia | Feminism in Egypt’s Modern History: From Colonialism to Revolution |
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| Faaria Theba | University of Cape Town, South Africa | From Apartheid to Insularity: Conservative Islam and the Making of Gender and Sexuality in a South African Muslim Community |
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| Samuel Mark Julius | University of Cape Town, South Africa | Finding the Goalposts: Masculinities through Sports Clubs in South Africa |
 | Rwubatswenimana Etienne | INES-Ruhengeri, Rwanda | Gender And the Law |
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| Elena Paulsen | University of Minnesota, The United States | Inventing “Lesbianism”: Hiratsuka Raichō and Female Same-Sex Attraction in Early Twentieth Century Japan |
| Forum Modi | Indiana University Bloomington, The United States | From Dysphoria to Desire: Designing Sex Ed Tools That Affirm Trans Bodies |
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| Yusi Hua | Harvard University, The United States | Embodied Resistance: Rereading Tarabotti Through Feminist Phenomenology |
| Venir Turla Cuyco | Manuel L. Quezon University School of Law, Philippines | If We Say “I Do” in Bangkok, Would We Be Considered Married in Manila?: Exploring the Validity of Same-Sex Marriage in the Philippines |
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| Vrajishni Dumur | Middlesex University Mauritius, Mauritius | The Role of Social Support on Identity Disclosure and Concealment Among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Mauritius |
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| Jean Claude Enyegue Belinga | Health and Rights for All Program, Cameroon | The revivalist churches face the challenge of managing of HIV-AIDS among sexual and gender minorities in Cameroon – the case of the Health and Rights for all Program |
| Maria Kornienko | European Humanities University, Lithuania | Masculinity in Transition? (Re-)Constructing Masculinity Through the Prism of Success on Male-Led Podcasts |
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| Manirafasha Jean De La Paix | University of Lay Adventists of Kigali (UNILAK / NYANZA), Rwanda | Gender, Power, And Gender Resistance in Rwanda |
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| Gray Lyden | Old Dominion University, The United States | LGBTQ+ Organizations Throughout Old Dominion University’s History |
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| Elizabeth Peprah-Asare | Queen’s University, Canada | Dismembered Masculinities: Chronicling Transformations Within Asante Matricentric Women’s Compounds as a New Approach to Gendered Violence in West African Cultures |
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| S Indesteege | Hasselt University, Belgium | Reconciling Gender Equality and Diversity in Constitutional Law |
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| Nishita Rao | Independent Researcher, The United States | Sex, Age and Iconoclasm: Power, Transgression, and the Censorship of the Aging Tantric Goddess |
| Sexual Politics in 18th century Indian Carnatic Music A Case Study into Marakatavalli | |||
| Aditya Anand Singh | Purdue University, The United States | Between Love and Law: Human Rights and Decolonial Advocacy in India’s LGBTQ+ Struggle |
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| Swati Mittal | Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, India | From Stolen Childhoods to Reclaimed Lives: Indigenous Women’s Stories in Five Little Indians |
| Érica Machado | Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil | Black women in administration councils: An intersectional perspective |
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| Atiquzzaman Bhuiyan | New York University, Bangladesh | |
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