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Gender And Difference Among Brazilian Lawyers And Judges: Public And Private Practice In The Global Periphery, Maria Da Gloria Bonelli
Gender And Difference Among Brazilian Lawyers And Judges: Public And Private Practice In The Global Periphery, Maria Da Gloria Bonelli
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This article examines the ways in which Brazilian lawyers and judges experience difference. It focuses on how gender and diversity intersect in identity formation among women and men in public and private practice in the state of Sdo Paulo, Brazil. In attempting not to attach one fixed meaning to the concept of difference, the research works with Avtar Brah's typology, which aids in detecting how difference is perceived and experienced by the interviewees. The results provide a look at the specificities of professional practice in the global periphery, comparing the gender composition of law firms and gender stratification within legal …
"Why Is Gender A Form Of Diversity?": Rising Advantages For Women In Global Indian Law Firms, Swethaa Ballakrishnen
"Why Is Gender A Form Of Diversity?": Rising Advantages For Women In Global Indian Law Firms, Swethaa Ballakrishnen
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Women in Legal Practice: Global and Local Perspectives, Symposium, June 5-8, 2012. Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association.
Chinese Women In Legal Education, Xiaonan Liu
Chinese Women In Legal Education, Xiaonan Liu
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This paper examines the history and development of women entering legal education in China. Based on a survey, interviews, and archival research, this paper attempts to analyze Chinese women's current status in legal education and reaches the conclusion that although women have made significant gains in legal education, they are still facing gender discrimination and bias in the legal sector. The paper also looks into the reasons why women have in the past belonged to "the other" in the legal area, and whether there is any conflict between legal characteristics" and "feminine characteristics." It attempts to break the constraint caused …
African Customary Law, Customs, And Women's Rights, Muna Ndulo
African Customary Law, Customs, And Women's Rights, Muna Ndulo
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
The sources of law in most African countries are customary law, the common law and legislation both colonial and post-independence. In a typical African country, the great majority of the people conduct their personal activities in accordance with and subject to customary law. Customary law has great impact in the area of personal law in regard to matters such as marriage, inheritance and traditional authority, and because it developed in an era dominated by patriarchy some of its norms conflict with human rights norms guaranteeing equality between men and women. While recognizing the role of legislation in reform, it is …
The Maria Da Penha Case And The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights: Contributions To The Debate On Domestic Violence Against Women In Brazil, Paula Spieler
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This article aims to demonstrate the contributions of the Maria da Penha case and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Report of 2001 to the debate on domestic violence against women in Brazil, with special emphasis to the adoption of the Maria da Penha Law. The IACHR was the first international human rights organ to bring to light the problem. Beside contributing to internal changes, this case has great relevance as it was the first one of domestic violence analyzed by the Inter-American Commission. It revealed the systematic pattern of violence against women in the country.
Human Rights and …
Women's Employment Rights In China: Creating Harmony For Women In The Workplace, Jamie Burnett
Women's Employment Rights In China: Creating Harmony For Women In The Workplace, Jamie Burnett
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This Note explores the global problem of gender-based labor inequality as exemplified in China. China's historic and cultural framework, the efforts the Chinese government has made to coordinate with the global community on women's rights initiatives, and recent legislation passed at both national and local levels in China provide an interesting case study for countries facing gender inequality in the workplace. The items of legislation, though sometimes drafted using international treaties as a framework, contain unique provisions that provide protections for Chinese women that are not seen elsewhere in the world. Additionally, the Chinese government's current political goal of achieving …
Confronting Gender-Based Violence With International Instruments: Is A Solution To The Pandemic Within Reach?, Jennifer L. Ulrich
Confronting Gender-Based Violence With International Instruments: Is A Solution To The Pandemic Within Reach?, Jennifer L. Ulrich
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
The Gender Wage Gap: Searching For Equality In A Global Economy, Lucy B. Bednarek
The Gender Wage Gap: Searching For Equality In A Global Economy, Lucy B. Bednarek
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
The Globalization Of Female Child Prostitution: A Call For Reintegration And Recovery Measures Via Article 39 Of The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child, Laurie Robinson
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
Feminism, Globalization And Culture: After Beijing, L. Amede Obiora
Feminism, Globalization And Culture: After Beijing, L. Amede Obiora
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
In this article, Professor Obiora begins with the premise that the
credibility of traditional legal frameworks has eroded, because the law
remains unable to relieve the oppressions and polarization between cultures,
even in the wake of global institutional transformations that seem to help the
oppressed, particularly women. Professor Obiora offers the Beijing Platform
for Action as a radical new solution for human rights protection, radical in
that it is one of the first declaratives to transcend the previous dichotomy of
issues among women by expressing a commitment to a global framework in
which to address these issues, particularly the feminization …
Midwifery: An International Legal Perspective - The Need For Universal Legal Recognition, Danielle Rifkin
Midwifery: An International Legal Perspective - The Need For Universal Legal Recognition, Danielle Rifkin
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
Implications Of Global Polarization For Feminist Work, Gracia Clark
Implications Of Global Polarization For Feminist Work, Gracia Clark
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
Toward A Feminist Analytics Of The Global Economy, Saskia Sassen
Toward A Feminist Analytics Of The Global Economy, Saskia Sassen
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Economic globalization has reconfigured fundamental properties of the
nation-state, notably territoriality and sovereignty. There is an incipient
unbundling of the exclusive territoriality we have lcing associated with the
nation-state. The most strategic instantiation of this unbundling is probably
the global city, which operates as a partly denationalized plaform for global
capital. Sovereignty is being unbundled by these economic and other noneconomic
practices and new legal regimes. At the limit this means that the
State is no longer the only site for sovereignty and the normativity that comes
with it, and further, that the State is no longer the exclusive subject …
As The World (Or Dare I Say Globe?) Turns: Feminism And Transnationalism, Fedwa Malti-Douglas
As The World (Or Dare I Say Globe?) Turns: Feminism And Transnationalism, Fedwa Malti-Douglas
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
Stop Stomping On The Rest Of Us: Retrieving Publicness From The Privatization Of The Globe, Zillah Eisenstein
Stop Stomping On The Rest Of Us: Retrieving Publicness From The Privatization Of The Globe, Zillah Eisenstein
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Professor Eisenstein's article discusses the effects of globalization on the
relationship between privatization and public responsibility and how this
dynamic impacts the future of women across the globe. She argues that the
global growth of privatization in the North and West has disseminated around
the world to the detriment of women. Privatization, she contends, has been
accepted as the agenda of politicians for the late twentieth century, and public
responsibility has been lost as a result.
According to Professor Eisenstein, globalization has been essentially an
economic process in which a global economy surfaces without differences or
borders. The global economy, …
Strategic Sisterhood Or Sisters In Solidarity? Questions Of Communitarianism And Citizenship In Asia, Aihwa Ong
Strategic Sisterhood Or Sisters In Solidarity? Questions Of Communitarianism And Citizenship In Asia, Aihwa Ong
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
The Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995) has spawned a
Triumphant sense among Western/Northern feminists that they are forging a
strategic sisterhood with less privileged women in the South. Feminists from
metropolitan countries seek a new North-South alliance whereby they make
strategic interventions on behalf of third world women by putting pressure on
their governments. Professor Ong critiques strategic sisterhood on the
following grounds:
First, strategic sisterhood is based on individualistic notions of
transnational feminine citizenship, ignoring the historical and cultural
differences between women from the first and third worlds. In particular, the
concept ignores geopolitical inequalities whereby postcolonial …
Introduction: Feminism And Globalization: The Impact Of The Global Economy On Women And Feminist Theory Symposium, Alfred C. Aman
Introduction: Feminism And Globalization: The Impact Of The Global Economy On Women And Feminist Theory Symposium, Alfred C. Aman
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
Globalization, Privatization, And A Feminist Public, Susan H. Williams
Globalization, Privatization, And A Feminist Public, Susan H. Williams
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.
Dividing The Surplus: Will Globalization Give Women A Larger Or Smaller Share Of The Benefits Of Cooperative Production?, Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt
Dividing The Surplus: Will Globalization Give Women A Larger Or Smaller Share Of The Benefits Of Cooperative Production?, Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
No abstract provided.