International Women's Rights Law and Gender Equality

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"Feminist critiques of law have challenged claims of the law's neutrality over the past few decades. While 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