International Women's Rights Law and Gender Equality by Ramona Vijeyarasa

International Women's Rights Law and Gender Equality by Ramona Vijeyarasa

The law is a well-known tool to fight gender inequality, but which laws actually advance women's rights? This book unpacks the complex nuances behind gender-responsive domestic legislation, from several of the world's leading experts on gender equality.

"Feminist critiques of law have challenged claims of the law's neutrality over the past few decadesWhile these critiques have been powerful, the task of designing laws to take gender into account has received much less attention. This book offers rich insights into the complexities of taking women’s lives seriously in legislative design across a range of legal fields. Its optimism that the law can be an important site for social change, along with its practical guidance, are inspiring."

Hilary Charlesworth, Laureate Professor at Melbourne Law School and Distinguished Professor at the Australian National University, Australia

"No country in the world has entirely eliminated discrimination against women in law and practice. Not only have we witnessed profound regression on women’s rights in some quarters of the world, but the risk of a roll-back of the progress made globally towards gender-equality has become increasingly clear. This insightful compilation of chapters on diverse aspects of women’s lives and the law will undoubtedly be an important resource and tool for legal practitioners, policy-makers, and activists who, in the aftermath of a once-in-a-century global health and economic crisis, are now faced with the daunting but critical task of building an equitable and just future for all based on a transformative vision of women’s human rights."

Melissa Upreti, Vice Chair of the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls

"International Women’s Rights Law and Gender Equality: Making the Law Work for Women is a bold and diverse collection that seeks to promote gender-responsive legislation… As Vijeyarasa notes, the "cornerstone" of the collection is that "gender equality laws are not enough" and that "[g]ender-responsive legislation across all fields of the law is pivotal to delivering gender-equal outcomes"… This thought-provoking collection provides both a snapshot of global progress on achieving women’s rights, and a roadmap for further progress through its case studies of laws and accountability mechanisms. It will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, law-makers, and citizens who are interested in the law’s potential to advance (or hinder) progress towards gender equality."

Emma Dunlop, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, writing in the Asian Journal of International Law (2022), 1–2

Ramona Vijeyarasa is a global scholar of gender equality. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Her research has helped shape theory and practice in areas of migration and trafficking, human rights and international women’s rights. Ramona is the Chief Investigator behind the Gender Legislative Index, a tool used to rank and score legislation for its gender-responsiveness. She is the author of the academic best-seller Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman: Myths and Misconceptions about Trafficking and its Victims (2015) and a plethora of academic, policy and general media publications on law and gender issues. Ramona has been the recipient of a number of awards and grants, including from the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia (2020–2021) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2020–2022). She was the 2020 Women’s Leadership Institute of Australia Research Fellow. Before joining academia, Ramona held several positions related to women’s rights in international organisations, and local and international NGOs.

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ISBN 13	9780367549411
ISBN 10	0367549417
Title	International Women's Rights Law and Gender Equality
Author	Ramona Vijeyarasa
Series	Routledge Studies In Gender And Global Politics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2021-07-23
Number of pages	260
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