Conversion Therapy Banned in Canada: A Wake-Up Call for Others
Image Description: A 6-colour (Rainbow) Pride Flag flying in the sky. The rays of the sun are falling on the Flag. Background “Conversion therapy” is an umbrella term used to...
Gender
Corroboration as Sex Discrimination: The Equality Implications of Sexual Offence Cases in Malawi
Image description: Graffiti on the wall of three women with red blindfolds over their eyes. In Kaliyati v R (Criminal Appeal 109 of 2018) [2020], judge Fiona Mwale asserts that...
Towards Uniformity and Eradicating Gender Disparity: Increase in Legal Age of Marriage for Women
Image description: A bride and groom with their hands interlinked. A petition was filed by Ashwini Kumar in the Supreme Court of India seeking parity in marriageable age for men...
Pakistan’s Inspirational Transgender Persons’ Law- Some Years Later
The Parliament of Pakistan had passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act in May 2018 and it might be worth revisiting and appraising this Act. This is because it...
Why Legislate Intersectional Gender Parity Acts for Parliaments? The Case of Germany
The German Constitution provides in Article 3 (2) that “[m]en and women shall have equal rights. The state shall promote the actual implementation of equal rights for women and men...
The Supreme Court Refused to Order the Legal Recognition of Elan-Cane’s Non-Gendered Identity
With its judgment in the Elan-Cane case, the UK Supreme Court lost an invaluable opportunity to ease one of the many components of the regulatory network that sustain the UK’s...
Indian Supreme Court on Gender Sensitisation of Judges: Aparna Bhat & Ors v State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr
To achieve gender justice, it is critical that the judiciary avoid stereotypes and social biases to strengthen a judicial system that guarantees women access to fair and gender-sensitive judgments. In...
Addressing the Gender Pay Gap Through Mandatory Reporting: A Comparison of British and Australian Legislation
Every country has a gender pay gap favouring men. This gap, which describes the difference in average wages between men and women, contributes to the economic insecurity of women and,...
Gender Parity in India: What a Case of ‘Accidental Feminism’ Can Offer
While post-independent India has witnessed rising gendered rates of literacy, life expectancy and schooling, these gains have not translated into better employment, health or happiness outcomes. In particular, Indian women’s...
Time to Demystify Equal Pay and Gender Pay Gaps
More than two decades ago, one of my colleagues, a well-respected lawyer, declared with conviction that in countries where seniority was a priority, equal pay was not relevant. I was...
Disability-Selective Abortions – A Double-Edged Sword? High Court of England and Wales Gives Ruling on the Conflict Between Rights of Disabled Persons and Women’s Reproductive Choice
In Crowter & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Health And Social Care [2021] EWHC 2536 the High Court of England and Wales was faced...
Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan declares the custom of Swara as un-Islamic and unconstitutional
On 25 October 2021, a three-judge bench of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan (FSC) headed by the FSC Chief Justice delivered the landmark judgement in Sakeena Bibi V. Secretary...
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