"The symposium, which took place in August 2020, was entitled "Tackling Gender Inequality Through the Law: Improving Accountability for Gender-Responsive Laws at the Domestic Level". It was supported with great enthusiasm by the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Faculty of Law."--ECIP acknowledgements. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Elizabeth Evatt -- In Pursuit of Gender-Responsive Legislation : Transforming Women's Lives Through the Law / Ramona Vijeyarasa -- Women's Rights, The State of Play : How Far Have We Come Since the Beijing Declaration? / Jeni Klugman -- Domestic Violence Law : When Good Intentions Go Awry in Practice / Heather Nancarrow ; Comment: Promoting Safety and Accountability : Clarity, Consistency and Interconnected Laws / Heather Douglas -- Towards a Gender-Transformative Approach to Abortion : Legislative Perspectives from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa / Payal K. Shah and Onyema Afulukwe ; Comment: Gender-Transformative Law Reform as Healthcare / Jenni Millbank -- Employing the Law for Women : Gender, Work and Legal Regulation in Australia / Anna Chapman ; Comment: Women and Work -- How Useful is the Law? / Marian Baird -- Enhancing Equality in Political Life : Successes and Limitations with Electoral Gender Quotas / Leena Rikkila Tamang ; Comment: Enhancing Equality in Public Life / Marian Sawer ; Gender, Race and Environmental Law : A Feminist Critique / Rowena Maguire ; Comment: Gender and Queer Perspectives on the Sustainable Development Paradigm for Environmental Law / Brad Jessup -- 'No One Left Behind'? Gender Equality Taxation and the UN 2030 Global Agenda / Kathleen A. Lahey; Comment: Tax, Gender Equality and Sharing the Costs of Care / Miranda Stewart -- Women in Anticorruption Laws : The Case for More Gender-Responsive International Treaties / Jose-Miguel Bello y Villarino ; Comment: Perverse Reactions and the Missing Link in Gender-Smart Anticorruption Policy / Susan Harris Rimmer; CEDAW and Global Standards for Women's Rights : The Convention's Actual and Potential Influence as an Accountability Mechanism for Gender-Sensitive Legislation / Anne Hellum -- Lighting the Spark : Reimagining the Statutory Landscape Through the Feminist Legislation Project / Becky Batagol and Ramona Vijeyarasa -- Gender Audits and Legislative Scrutiny : Do Parliamentary Human Rights Bodies have a Role to Play? / Jacqueline Mowbray -- Women and the Law : The Challenges Ahead for Gender Responsive Legislation / Ramona Vijeyarasa.
Summary:
"The law is a well-known tool to fight gender inequality, but which laws actually advance women's rights? This book unpacks the complex nuances behind gender-responsive domestic legislation, from several of the world's leading experts on gender equality. Drawing on domestic examples and international law, it provides a primer of theory alongside tangible and practical solutions to fulfil the promise of the law to deliver equality between men and women. Part I outlines what progress has been made to date on eradicating gender inequality, and insights into the law's potential as one lever in the global struggle for equality. Parts II and III go on to explore concrete areas of law, with case studies from multiple jurisdictions that examine how well domestic legislation is working for women. The authors bring their critical lens to areas of law often considered from a gender perspective - gender-based violence, women's reproductive health, labour and gender equality quotas - while bringing much-needed analysis to issues often ignored from gender debates, such as taxation, environmental justice and good governance. Part IV seeks to move from a theoretical goal of greater accountability to a practical one. It explores both accountability for international women's rights norms at the domestic level and the potential behind feminist approaches to legislation to deliver laws that work for women. Written for students, academics, legislators and policymakers engaged in international women's rights law, gender equality, government accountability, and feminist legal theory, this book has tremendous transformative potential to drive forward legal change towards the eradication of gender inequality"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.