New book from Professor Maya Unnithan: ‘Fertility, Health and Reproductive Politics: Re-imagining Rights in India’
Set in the context of the processes and practices of human reproduction and reproductive health in Northern India, this book examines the institutional exercise of power by the state, caste and kin groups.
Drawing on ethnographic ...
Open Letter to the Bar Council of India
This is an open letter to the Bar Council of India co-written by OxHRH blog editor Gautam Bhatia, originally published on LiveLaw.in. You can see the post here.
To the Chairman of Bar Council of India
April 21, 2019
Respected ...
RSC Public Seminar Series, Trinity Term 2019
Everyday Resistance to the European Governance of Migration
5:00-6:30pm, Wednesdays, Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House
Series convenor: Dr Cory Rodgers
As national immigration and asylum regimes become increasingly ...
**New ** U of OxHRH J Article-Beyond the Courtroom: Accountability for Grave and Systemic Human Rights Violations
Meghan Campbell, 'Beyond the Courtroom: Accountability for Grave and Systemic Human Rights Abuses' (2019) U of OxHRH J 55
Abstract
Achieving accountability for grave and systemic human rights abuses is not simple or ...
Ensure Gender Justice at the Supreme Court of India – Statement by Former Law Clerks
In response to a complaint regarding sexual harassment and subsequent victimisation against the Chief Justice of India, and the Indian Supreme Court's response to the complaint, 25 former law clerks at the Court have given out the ...
OxHRH Graduate Research Student Workshop
Venue: Harold Lee Boardroom, Pembroke College
Date: Wednesday 29 May 2019
Time: 2-5.15pm
The Oxford Human Rights Hub is pleased to announce its fifth workshop for human rights MPhil and DPhil students at Oxford University. ...
Friday in Focus: Suzy Shepherd
Hello! I’ve just joined the OxHRH as the resident videographer, to do the producing, filming, and editing for the Shaping the Future: Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights project in partnership with the WHO. We’re aiming to create ...
A Write Up on the International Humanitarian Law and Child Rights Competition held at NALSAR, Hyderabad
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the first international convention on child rights was signed in 1989 and has led to great progress in safeguarding human rights of the children. It has resulted in major changes in ...
Summer Academy: Women’s Empowerment for Sustainable Development, 2-6 September 2019 Koç University, Istanbul
The UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality and Sustainable Development is proud to offer a one-week international summer academy on “Women’s Empowerment for Sustainable Development”. This program aims to respond to the UN’s Sustainable ...
Call for Papers – Gender Studies 2019 Conference: On Violence
The conference will be held from 24th of October – 26th of October 2019, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Call for papers for all workshops: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/gender-studies-2019-conference/call-for-papers
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Global Media & Policy Seminar Series: Chris Conder (Broadband for the Rural North)
Chris Conder co-founded Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN), a rural, community-owned, co-operative that delivers affordable 1Gbps symmetric broadband to rural farms in Lancashire, UK. Rural regions in countries around the world ...
New book from Professor Frances Raday: ‘Economic Woman: Gendering Inequality in the Age of Capital’
This book introduces Economic Woman, making her visible in duality with 'economic man' and calling for her empowerment. Global data shows that despite an international ethos of gender equality and significant gains in education and ...