Indian Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Women’s Entry into Religious Temple
Recently, a (4:1) majority of a five-judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court in Indian Lawyers Association v. State of Kerala upheld the right of women to worship in the...
Gender
Tackling India’s Devadasi System – A Matter of Policing and Public Order?
In September 2017, India’s National Human Rights Commission issued notices to the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu about the dedication of young girls to the Devadasi system. However,...
Gender Recognition Reform – The Current Debate is Misconceived
The Gender Recognition Act 2004 (‘GRA’) allows transgender people in England and Wales to be legally recognised in their new gender. The government has acknowledged that the current process is...
A Better Future for Women at Work’ (2018) U of OxHRH J 1
Law still retains a vital role in modifying cultural norms and oppressive structures that underpin women’s role in the labor market....
Early Childhood Education and Care for Informal Workers: An Emancipatory Framework for Better Working Futures’ (2018) U of OxHRH J 16
The practice of taking children to the workplace poses enormous challenges to women’s productivity and child welfare....
The State Made Informalisation of Women Workers: A Case Study into Care Workers in South Korea’ (2018) U of OxHRH J 46
When women are seen first as caregivers and only second as breadwinners, care jobs can then be more easily devalued.
Intersectional Approach to Addressing Gender and Other Forms of Discrimination in Labour in the Commonwealth Caribbean’ (2018) U of OxHRH J 86
Intersectionality must be conceptualized within the lens of relationships of power.
Institutional Interactions in Gender Pay Equity: A Call for Inclusive, Equal and Transparent Labour Markets’ (2018) U of OxHRH J 115
Gender pay equity is not only about eradicating the male breadwinner regime’s legacy....
Conceptualising Violence Through a Gender Lens: Regulation and Strategies for Prevention and Redress’ (2018) U of OxHRH J 142
Addressing occupational violence must not be done at the expense of making invisible the gender discriminatory dimensions of workplace violence.
An Employment Right Standard Provision for Working Women Experiencing Domestic Violence’ (2018) U of OxHRH 167
Paid leave provides employees with time to do what is critically necessary in instances of domestic violence, such as going to court and obtaining a protection order.
Women, Poverty, Equality: The Role of CEDAW (with Meghan Campbell)
In September 2015, the UN adopted the Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all people. The Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, have made...
Patchy Implementation of the Law is Failing India’s Girls
India is suffering from a supposedly ancient yet timely problem. In violation of the law and Constitution, India’s girls are vanishing. It has been reported by government officials that more...
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