Law and Gender

Senior Lecturer
PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Law and Gender, Regulatory Law and Policy, Human Rights Law and Policy
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Law and Gender, Law and Social Justice, Legal History, Migration and Movement of Peoples
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Law and Social Justice, Migration and Movement of Peoples
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Criminal Law, Indigenous Peoples and the Law
PhD Candidate
Research interests:
Human Rights Law and Policy, Law and Gender, Law and Social Justice
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Law and Gender, Migration and Movement of Peoples
Professor
Research interests:
Human Rights Law and Policy, Indigenous Peoples and the Law, Law and Gender, Law and Social Justice, Legal History, Migration and Movement of Peoples
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Human Rights Law and Policy, International Law, Law and Gender, Legal Theory
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Human Rights Law and Policy, International Law, Law and Gender, Legal Theory, Migration and Movement of Peoples
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Law and Gender
Emerita Professor
Research interests:
Regulatory Law and Policy
Emerita Professor
Research interests:
Law and Gender, Human Rights Law and Policy
Associate Professor
Research interests:
International Law, Law and Gender, Legal Theory

Latest news

30
Aug
2023
Dr Kate Ogg
Associate Professor Kate Ogg has secured a prestigious Discovery Early Career Researcher Award fellowship for a groundbreaking study that will examine the phenomenon of movement litigation. Photo: Jane Duong
20
Jan
2023
Kate Ogg
Associate Professor Kate Ogg has written a new book that presents the first global and comparative study of 'protection-from-refuge' litigation, examining whether courts facilitate or hamper refugee journeys with a particular focus on gender.
18
Jan
2023
Dr Akshaya Kamalnath holds her book, 'The Corporate Diversity Jigsaw'
Associate Professor Akshaya Kamalnath has authored a new book that presents a holistic analysis of the complex topic of diversity with a nuanced justification of how it can be harnessed by corporations.
22
Aug
2022
Emerita Professor Margaret Thornton FAAL FASSA and the cover of her newly edited book, 'Gender and Careers in the Legal Academy'
Emerita Professor Margaret Thornton FASSA, FAAL has co-edited a new book that explores the careers of women academic pioneers and theoretical matters relating to culture and gender.
24
Jan
2022
Sexual harassment
A study led by eminent socio-legal and feminist scholar Emerita Professor Margaret Thornton FAAL FASSA will examine the impact of costs and damages in sexual harassment cases across Australia.

In the Media

26
Jan
2023

ANU Respect@Work report recommends employers pay employee's sexual harassment legal costs

Margaret Thornton quoted in The Canberra Times

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02
Jan
2023

Do diversity quotas work? | Courtney Facts

Akshaya Kamalnath interviewed by ABC

02
Dec
2021

The Women Suing Qatar & Your Rights In An Airport

Donald Rothwell interviewed by Mamamia

18
Mar
2021

Workplace sexual harassment damages quadruple but process remains 'prohibitive', analysis reveals

Kieran Pender quoted in The Canberra Times

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22
Oct
2020

A chance to swing the balance on our High Court the other way

writes in The Canberra Times

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30
Jul
2020

Law’s #MeToo moment: Effecting change in the legal profession

Kieran Pender writes in Australian Book Review

Upcoming events

26
Oct
2023

Book launch and art exhibition: Once Upon a Time in Australia

Once upon a time in Australia
5.00PM to 7.00PM

Dr Anne MacDuff, Sarouche Razi, and Kirsten Hoffman have published a graphic novel, Once Upon a Time in Australia: how our MeToo movement exposed the troubles of truth in Law (Counterpress, 2023) . 

Past events

12
Aug
2016

Sexual intimacy, gender identity and fraud: A conversation

Professor Alex Sharpe
12.00PM to 1.00PM
  • Professor Alex Sharpe

In recent years, the UK has witnessed a series of sexual offence prosecutions brought against young LGBT people (all of whom were designated female at birth) on the basis of so-called ‘gender fraud’.

28
Jul
2016

The 'Photoshop laws' and women's body image

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1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Dr Marilyn Bromberg-Krawitz, The University of Notre Dame Australia

Images of extraordinarily thin women are everywhere. When women see these images, their self-esteem may consequently lower, and potentially develop into an eating disorder. Governments internationally have taken action as a result. 

27
Oct
2016

Prosecuting conflict-related sexual violence: Reflections from the ICTY

Michelle Jarvis
12.30PM to 1.30PM
  • Michelle Jarvis, Principal Legal Counsel and Deputy Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

DFAT is delighted to host Michelle Jarvis, Principal Legal Counsel and Deputy Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for a roundtable discussion on the prosecution of conflict-related sexual violence at the ICTY. 

23
Feb
2017

Dealing with the wicked problem of racism – using theory as praxis

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1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Marcelle Burns, University of New England
  • Jennifer Nielsen, Southern Cross University

In this paper, we share our reflections on our success in using theory as a practice to challenge the wicked problem of racism in the law classroom. 

09
Mar
2017

Women in Commercial Law Forum

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5.30PM to 7.00PM

Careers in commercial law – whether in legal practice, business, government or academia – can be rewarding, intellectually challenging and exciting. Many ANU Law graduates go on to have highly successful commercial law careers. But how many are women? 

24
Apr
2017

ABC Radio National Big Ideas program - Utopian Thinking

Utopia - Thomas More
7.05PM to 7.30PM

ABC Radio National broadcast of Big Ideas program on Utopian Thinking - recorded on 28 March at a joint event presented by the National Library of Australia and ANU Law's Centre for Law, Arts and the Humanities.

08
May
2017

Wellbeing in the Law Week - Mon 8 to Fri 12 May

Wellbeing week
12.00PM to 5.00PM

The ANU College of Law is committed to health and wellbeing in the law, for all our students and academic and professional staff. This is the inaugural Wellbeing in the Law Week, presented by the ANU College of Law Wellbeing Initiative and the ANU Law Students' Society.

04
Jul
2017

Jamila Rizvi in conversation with Daryl Karp on Jamila's new book 'Not just lucky. Why women do the work but don't take the credit'

Jamila Rizvi
6.00PM to 7.00PM
  • Jamila Rizvi

Jamila Rizvi will be in conversation with Daryl Karp on Jamila's new book Not Just Lucky. Why Women Do The Work But Don't Take The Credit, which exposes the secret shame of Australian workplaces: that offices, factories, shops and worksites remain gendered, unfair and unequal. Jamila's book explores the confidence deficit holding women back, the barriers to career success this can create, and how they might be overcome. Accessible and timely, this is essential reading for Australian women.

26
Oct
2017

The future of feminist international legal scholarship in a neoliberal university: Doing law differently?

1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Ntina Tzouvala,Laureate Post-Doctoral Fellow, Melbourne Law School

Institutional and material conditions matter for the production of feminist international legal scholarship as well as for the future of women’s engagement with international law. 

10
Aug
2017

Trauma, testimony and comics

Golnah Nabizadeh
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Dr Golnar Nabizadeh, University of Dundee

This seminar examines the intersections between the law, trauma, and testimony, arguing that the law has increasingly come to recognise the breadth of experience, and range of narrative iterations, that may constitute trauma.

31
Oct
2018

Inspiring Women of ANU: Professor Pauline Ridge speaks on ‘The financing of religion’

Pauline Ridge
4.30PM to 5.30PM
  • Professor Pauline Ridge, ANU College of Law

‘For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.’ 1 Timothy 6:10 (NIV Bible) The association of religion with wealth-generation can provoke strong feelings. Yet, as with other not for profit entities, it is legitimate and necessary for religious groups to fund their religious activities.

04
Jul
2019

Book launch: Research Handbook on Feminist Engagement with International Law

Research Handbook on Feminist Engagement with International Law
12.30PM to 1.30PM

The book will be formally launched at the 27th ANZSIL Conference by Professor Dianne Otto from the University of Melbourne. The book’s editors, Associate Professor Susan Harris Rimmer (Griffith University) and Kate Ogg (Australian National University) will discuss the contributions the publication makes to international law scholarship.

23
Jul
2019

In Conversation with Ron McCallum

In Conversation with Ron McCallum
6.00PM to 7.00PM
  • Ron McCallum AO - The University of Sydney
  • Professor Kim Rubenstein FAAL, FASSA - Australian National University

Ron McCallum AO will be in conversation with Professor Kim Rubenstein on Ron's memoir, Born at the Right Time.

21
Oct
2020

Who speaks for the land? Gender, property and authority in the Pacific

Who speaks for the land? Gender, property and authority in the Pacific
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Associate Professor Rebecca Monson

Join Associate Professor Rebecca Monson in her research seminar as she discusses women's rights to land in the Pacific islands. 

04
Dec
2020

Book launch: The Death Penalty and Sex Murder in Canadian History

Carolyn Strange
4.30PM to 5.30PM

Written by Professor Carolyn Strange, The Death Penalty and Sex Murder in Canadian History provides an incisive analysis of responses to sex murders and the shifting politics of the death penalty.

10
Mar
2021

Alumnae panel: #WomenLead in Law

Alumna panel: #WomenLead in Law
12.00PM to 1.15PM

To celebrate International Women's Day, we invite three ANU Law alumnae to discuss ways that #WomenLead in Law.

11
Mar
2021

International Women's Day 2021 Breakfast

International Women's Day 2021 Breakfast
8.00AM to 9.30AM

Come and have a chat with your peers, lecturers and recent graduates about what inspires them, their experiences of law school and beyond, and the opportunities for women in law in 2021 and beyond.

12
May
2021

Advancing indigeneity, gender, and sustainability: Indigenous women’s rights activism in Inle Lake, Myanmar

Advancing Indigeneity, Gender, & Sustainability: Indigenous Women’s Rights Activism in Inle Lake, Myanmar
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Dr Jonathan Liljeblad

Join Dr Jonathan Liljeblad as he explores the case of Indigenous women's activism in Inle Lake in Myanmar, exploring the intersectional nature of its work across issue spaces of indigenous identity, gender, environment, and development.

11
Oct
2021

Panel discussion: LGBTIQA* journeys

LGBTQIA
12.00PM

Join us as we speak to members of the ANU College of Law LGBTIQA* community about their experiences as students to leading change where they work now.

06
Oct
2021

Women in Law ANU (WILA) launch event

Women in Law ANU (WILA) launch event
6.30PM to 7.30PM

In this launch event for Women in Law ANU (WILA), we will hear from some of our alumni and prominent women in law and ask what their experience has been like in the legal sector.

18
Nov
2021

'Dissonance and Distrust': A Silver Jubilee

Dissonance and Distrust: A Silver Jubilee
10.00AM to 11.30AM
  • Emerita Professor Margaret Thornton FASSA, FAAL

In 1996, Margaret Thornton’s landmark book Dissonance and Distrust: Women in the Legal Profession (Oxford University Press) was published. This webinar is a celebration of the book’s insights and its continuing relevance and resonance for the study of women in the legal profession today.

09
Nov
2022

The patterns and purposes of anti-abortion legal experimentalism

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1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Professor Fiona de Londras

Hosted by the ANU College of Law Visitors Committee, this seminar will be presented by Professor Fiona de Londras (Birmingham Law School).

07
Mar
2023

International Women's Day 2023 breakfast

International Women's Day 2023
8.30AM to 10.00AM

Don't miss this opportunity to meet with inspiring female-identifying lawyers from the ACT region.

10
Mar
2023

ANU alumnae trailblazers in law: an intimate discussion

ANU alumnae trailblazers in law: an intimate discussion
4.00PM to 5.00PM

Join the Hon Justice Rachel Pepper and the Hon Justice Lea Armstrong as they share their stories as women in law.

22
Mar
2023

CANCELLED - Sanctions through a 'South African lens': from political sovereignty to consumer sovereignty

VSS Jessica Whyte
1.00PM to 2.00PM
  • Associate Professor Jessica Whyte

CANCELLED: Hosted by the ANU College of Law Visitors Committee, this seminar will be presented by Associate Professor Jessica Whyte (UNSW).

11
Apr
2023

In conversation: Senator Hilda Heine

Marshall Islands
2.30PM to 4.00PM
  • Senator Hilda Heine

Join Senator Hilda Heine at the ANU College of Law, co-hosted by the ANU Gender Institute.

11
Apr
2023

Pacific priorities and perspectives of the law in an era of climate change

Visitors Seminar Series: Meg Taylor and Neroni Slade
12.00PM to 1.00PM
  • Judge Neroni Slade

Hosted by the ANU College of Law Visitors Committee, this seminar will be presented by Dame Meg Taylor and Judge Tuiloma Neroni Slade.

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