The gender of international human rights law? Uncovering legal academics' views on teaching women's rights

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Abstract

Three decades ago Charlesworth, Chinkin and Wright’s famous ‘Feminist Approaches to International Law’ challenged international law scholarship to acknowledge the gendered nature of international law. This led to rich conversations that sought to explore what a feminist international law might look like and to re-evaluate how women’s interests and voices could be better incorporated and made more visible within mainstream international law. In the interim there has been an explosion in scholarship offering a feminist perspective on international law, so much so that Janet Halley claimed that feminism was ‘running things’ in several international institutions
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTeaching International Law
Subtitle of host publicationReflections on Pedagogical Practice in Context
EditorsJean-Pierre Gauci, Barrie Sander
Place of PublicationAbingdon
Chapter26
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9781003429265
Publication statusPublished - 14 Jun 2024

Publication series

NameEmerging Legal Education
PublisherRoutledge

Keywords

  • international law
  • gender
  • legal education
  • human rights

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  • Mainstreaming Women's Rights

    Mitchell, L. (Principal Investigator)

    1/10/1931/12/20

    Project: Projects from Previous Employment

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