Reversing Roles: Bringing men into the frame
On Tuesday 12 March, the fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57) turns its attention to the ‘equal sharing of responsibilities between men and women’. In...
Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination
CSW57, MGDs and Gendered Poverty
One of the themes the delegates at CSW57 will be confronting over the next two weeks are the challenge of de facto achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for...
57th Session of Commission on the Status of Women begins today: OxHRH CSW57 presents a special themed post series
The 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57) begins today. As delegates from around the world convene at the United Nations Headquarters between 4 to 15...
Women’s Rights in the Gulf Cooperation Council: A Dialogue
By Nazila Ghanea – On Wednesday 27 February the Women’s Rights Research Seminar (WRRS) at Oxford held its last seminar of the term. The seminar took a new form and...
George Galloway’s Walkout and Discrimination on the Basis of Nationality
On the 20th of February, George Galloway, MP for Bradford West, walked out of a debate at Christ Church, Oxford. He arrived (an hour and a half late) in order...
George Galloway's Walkout and Discrimination on the Basis of Nationality
On the 20th of February, George Galloway, MP for Bradford West, walked out of a debate at Christ Church, Oxford. He arrived (an hour and a half late) in order...
Why is the British Coalition Government Undermining the Equality Act and What Can be Done?
By Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC The achievements of the British Equality Acts (EA) 2006 and 2010 are being seriously undermined by actions of the Coalition Government at a time...
A Quick Overview
Blog posts have been coming in thick and fast over the last month. To help you get up to speed, the editorial team has put together a quick summary of...
International Human Rights Law and National Equality Legislation: Mapping the Gaps
On Wednesday 6th of February, the Oxford Human Rights Hub welcomed Dr. Dimitrina Petrova, founding Executive Director of The Equal Rights Trust, who delivered an engaging presentation highlighting the development...
What's love got to do with it?- Framing the same-sex marriage debate.
While listening to MPs debating the Marriage (Same Sex) Couples Bill, it was interesting to note how many instances the phrase “loving same-sex relationships”, or some variation thereof, was invoked...
Lifting As We Climb
Upon the formation of the National Association of Colored Women’s Club, the chosen motto read: Lifting As We Climb. This principle was guided by the aspiration that the movement of...
Are only the ‘discrete and insular’ subject to prejudice?: An analysis of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group’s brief in Windsor v United States
In the wake of the introduction of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in the UK last week, Karl Laird continues to update OxHRH Blog readers on the progress of...
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