Gender

Responding to Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes Commission Report

Responding to Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes Commission Report

Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation Report was published last week. This is the latest in a series of state investigations into so-called ‘historical’ institutional injustice. Following an...
Striving for Changing-Trailer

Striving for Changing-Trailer

The Tune Goes On: Appointments to Tribunals Must Adhere to The Two-Thirds Gender Rule

The Tune Goes On: Appointments to Tribunals Must Adhere to The Two-Thirds Gender Rule

In Bernard Odero Okello & another v Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development, the petitioners challenged the appointment of the interested parties as members of the Business Premises...
Can trans children consent to puberty blocking drugs? The High Court of England and Wales doubts it.

Can trans children consent to puberty blocking drugs? The High Court of England and Wales doubts it.

If you are a transgender child living in England and Wales, what treatment can the NHS offer you? Until recently, one of the main options was a prescription of puberty...
Should All Male Prisoners be Required to Have Their Hair Cut?

Should All Male Prisoners be Required to Have Their Hair Cut?

In the judgment handed down by the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (‘CFA’) on 27 November 2020 (Leung Kwok Hung v Commissioner of Correctional Services [2020] HKCFA 37), it...
Shaping the Future-Trailer

Shaping the Future-Trailer

Shaping the Future is a documentary series spans 5 episodes, covering sexual and reproductive health rights in the contexts of school and the workplace, as well as looking in detail...
South African Constitutional Court declares exclusion of domestic workers from occupational injury legislation to be unconstitutional

South African Constitutional Court declares exclusion of domestic workers from occupational injury legislation to be unconstitutional

On 20 November 2020, the South African Constitutional Court delivered judgment in Mahlangu v Minister of Labour (“Mahlangu”). This case concerned the constitutionality of barring private domestic workers (or their...
Right to a Better World-Trailer

Right to a Better World-Trailer

Right to a Better World is a documentary series produced in partnership with the Oxford Human Rights Hub, World Health Organization, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human...
Right to a Better World: Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Right to a Better World: Comprehensive Sexuality Education

In this episode of Right to a Better World, experts share challenges they have faced, and tactics they have used to help build support and understanding of every young person’s...
Right to a Better World: Contraception

Right to a Better World: Contraception

In this episode of Right to a Better World, experts share challenges they have faced, and tactics they have used to help ensure each woman’s and adolescent’s right to make...
Right to a Better World: Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

Right to a Better World: Maternal Mortality and Morbidity

In this episode of Right to a Better World, experts share challenges they have faced, and tactics they have used to help ensure every woman’s and adolescent’s right to not...
Right to a Better World: Violence Against Women

Right to a Better World: Violence Against Women

In this episode of Right to a Better World, experts share challenges they have faced, and tactics they have used to help build a world in which women and girls...

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