Each year, operating as a channel of communication between society and legal systems, Women’s Link Worldwide organises the Gender Justice Uncovered Awards, demonstrating how justice with gender perspective must be...
Sexual Violence in Modern Myanmar
The Oxford Burma Alliance will be hosting a roundtable on sexual violence in Burma. It will be chaired by Dr Kirsten McConnachie, Joyce Pearce Junior Research Fellow at the Refugee...
Girls with Books, Better Laws, Pave the Way Ahead
“The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them,” Pakistan’s teenage activist Malala Yousafzai said in her speech at the United Nations. “They are afraid...
Are Women’s Rights Really Human Rights?
At the second World Conference on Human Rights in June 1993, the statement, ‘women’s rights are human rights’ was first coined and accepted due to vociferous lobbying on the part...
Are Women's Rights Really Human Rights?
At the second World Conference on Human Rights in June 1993, the statement, ‘women’s rights are human rights’ was first coined and accepted due to vociferous lobbying on the part...
First Lady of Rwanda – Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Approach
Editor’s note: This is an edited version of the opening address delivered by the First Lady of Rwanda, Her Excellency, Mrs Jeannette Kagame at ‘Women and Poverty: A Human Rights...
'Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Approach' – Days 2 & 3
Day two and three of ‘Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Approach‘ continued to build upon the success of day one. Consistently strong attendance of more than 100 people ensured...
'Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Approach' – Day 1
Today on the OxHRH Blog we are delighted to present short overview summarising the Opening Ceremony and first four panels of our international conference ‘Women and Poverty: A Human Rights...
Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Approach
A video overview of ‘Women and Poverty: A Human Rights Approach’ – a conference hosted by the Oxford Human Rights Hub, in partnership with the Oxford Martin School’s Human Rights...
Older Homeless Women in Australia
Australia is often cited as an economic success story. Decades of growth fuelled by the resources and agricultural industries enabled it to navigate the global financial crisis virtually unscathed. Indeed,...
United Nations Human Rights Council: Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Abuses in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
On 26 March 2014 the United Nations Human Rights Council (“HRC”) passed a Resolution ‘condemning in the strongest terms’ the continuing violation of human rights and calling for the referral...
Cheshire West and the Repugnant Conclusion
The Supreme Court’s judgment(s) in Cheshire West [2014] UKSC 19 stirred up the expected storm. By siding with the approach urged upon it by the Official Solicitor, the Court has...
