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Shining a Light in the Darkness: How The Karnataka Model Bridges Economic Divides and Advances Human Rights

Shining a Light in the Darkness: How The Karnataka Model Bridges Economic Divides and Advances Human Rights

...and security. This aligns with the Article 13 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which aims to eliminate discrimination against women in...
The Enshrinement of Abortion in the French Constitution. Kairos: Dobbs as a window of opportunity? (Part I)

The Enshrinement of Abortion in the French Constitution. Kairos: Dobbs as a window of opportunity? (Part I)

...the Constitution of the “guaranteed freedom” for women to abortion. This two-part blog examines the enshrinement of abortion in the French Constitution. In the first part, the blog offers recounts...
Women’s Invisible Labour, Kinkeeping and Care: Ireland’s 8 March Constitutional Referendum

Women’s Invisible Labour, Kinkeeping and Care: Ireland’s 8 March Constitutional Referendum

On International Women’s Day, Ireland will hold votes on two proposed changes to Article 41 of the Constitution. The first would extend constitutional protection to families other than those based...
The ML v Poland ‘landmark’ judgment on reproductive rights and the ENNHRI third-party intervention: How ‘landmark’ is it in reality?

The ML v Poland ‘landmark’ judgment on reproductive rights and the ENNHRI third-party intervention: How ‘landmark’ is it in reality?

...conscientious objection, combined with the lack of obligation to direct women to alternative clinics and practitioners, has resulted in an assault on women’s fundamental rights as autonomous persons, with them...
Birthing Justice: Commercial Surrogacy and the Imperative of Women’s Rights in Contemporary India

Birthing Justice: Commercial Surrogacy and the Imperative of Women’s Rights in Contemporary India

...made by the women involved. In contrast, scholar Sivakami Muthuswamy emphasises on the necessity to respect women’s agency. While acknowledging that the decisions of women to become surrogates may be...
Intersectional Invisibility: Indian Women Manual Scavengers

Intersectional Invisibility: Indian Women Manual Scavengers

...accompanying it also fail to account for the particularities these Dalit women experience. Brahminical Patriarchy Contextualised: Women in Manual Scavenging and the Law In Safai Karamchari Andolan v Union of...
Are we Missing Women in (AI) Healthcare Again? The EU’s Thoughts on AI-Empowered Medical Diagnosis

Are we Missing Women in (AI) Healthcare Again? The EU’s Thoughts on AI-Empowered Medical Diagnosis

...sight of the harms AI systems can bring in contexts of discrimination. Gaps in medical diagnosis for women are not new but can be exacerbated with the broad usage of...
A Regression of Rights? The Exclusion of LGBTQI+ Individuals from the Supreme Court of India’s Sexual Harassment Regulations

A Regression of Rights? The Exclusion of LGBTQI+ Individuals from the Supreme Court of India’s Sexual Harassment Regulations

...to make special provisions for women and to extend the constitutional right of equality and equal protection of laws to women. The rule of beneficial construction requires courts to interpret...
The UK’s First Country Visit under the Istanbul Convention. Part I: Systemic Challenges and Institutional Inertia

The UK’s First Country Visit under the Istanbul Convention. Part I: Systemic Challenges and Institutional Inertia

...effective measures addressing the specific needs of women from vulnerable groups: these include women with disabilities; women from national minorities such as the Roma community; LBT women; women from rural...
The Decriminalisation of Marital Rape: How India Continues to Refuse Justice to its Married Women

The Decriminalisation of Marital Rape: How India Continues to Refuse Justice to its Married Women

...decriminalised for married women over 18. The National Family Health Survey found that between 2019-2021, 32% of married women experienced physical, sexual or emotional violence by their current husbands (15.6.1),...
A Potential Avenue for Justice: The Possibility of International Criminal Responsibility for Gender-Based Violence caused by Climate Change

A Potential Avenue for Justice: The Possibility of International Criminal Responsibility for Gender-Based Violence caused by Climate Change

...women and forced migration due to environmental degradation amplify SGBV among women in ad hoc shelters. Accountability extends to both government officials and corporate actors who facilitate and perpetuate these...
Combatting Femicide in Latin America: The Urgent Need for a Stronger Legal Framework

Combatting Femicide in Latin America: The Urgent Need for a Stronger Legal Framework

...towards women and girls in the region. Likewise, local lawmakers in Mexico adopted legislation in February 2023 to suspend parental rights for men being investigated for femicide. Although these developments...

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