Law and Gender
Law and Gender
Latest news
In the Media
A chance to swing the balance on our High Court the other way
Kim Rubenstein writes in The Canberra Times
Law’s #MeToo moment: Effecting change in the legal profession
Kieran Pender writes in Australian Book Review
Questions raised over Scott Morrison's declaration he is not a New Zealand citizen
Kim Rubenstein quoted in The Guardian
Section 44 trap is irrational and should be axed
Kim Rubenstein writes in The Australian
A Question of Values: Religious Schools, Discrimination, and LGBT+ Rights in Australia
Alice Taylor writes in Oxford Human Rights Hub
The Brief: Freedom of religion, or freedom to discriminate?
Margaret Thornton interviewed by Policy Forum Pod
Time to update the electorate guidelines
Kim Rubenstein writes in Canberra Times
Sexual harassment expert launches new rural research project
Skye Saunders quoted in The Land
The Australian Legal Assistance Sector and the Critical Importance of Justice to Human Lives
Elizabeth Curran writes in Oxford Human Rights Hub
Upcoming events
No upcoming events found.
Past events
Sexual intimacy, gender identity and fraud: A conversation
- 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’.
The 'Photoshop laws' and women's body image
- 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.
Prosecuting conflict-related sexual violence: Reflections from the ICTY
- 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.
Dealing with the wicked problem of racism – using theory as praxis
- 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.
Women in Commercial Law Forum
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?
ABC Radio National Big Ideas program - Utopian Thinking
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.
Wellbeing in the Law Week - Mon 8 to Fri 12 May
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.
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
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.
The future of feminist international legal scholarship in a neoliberal university: Doing law differently?
- 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.
Trauma, testimony and comics
- 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.
Inspiring Women of ANU: Professor Pauline Ridge speaks on ‘The financing of religion’
- 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.
Book launch: Research Handbook on Feminist Engagement with International Law
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.
In Conversation with Ron McCallum
- 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.
Who speaks for the land? Gender, property and authority in the Pacific
- 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.
Book launch: The Death Penalty and Sex Murder in Canadian History
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.