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White Silence And Violence: Positionality And Storytelling In Women’S Rights Movements, Inka Boehm Jan 2022

White Silence And Violence: Positionality And Storytelling In Women’S Rights Movements, Inka Boehm

Human Rights Brief

Our identity impacts everything about how we move through the world as individuals. In the legislative process, identity is often disregarded but has detrimental effects if ignored. Positionality describes how society shapes identities through power and privilege. This methodology requires researchers to analyze their world with their own privileges in mind and is often overlooked by policymakers.


Pluralidad Jurídica E Impunidad: Las Dos Caras De La Justicia Para Las Mujeres Indígenas Desplazadas En Colombia, Michael Cruz Rodríguez Jan 2013

Pluralidad Jurídica E Impunidad: Las Dos Caras De La Justicia Para Las Mujeres Indígenas Desplazadas En Colombia, Michael Cruz Rodríguez

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Gender Equality And Indigenous Peoples' Right To Self-Determination And Culture, Maria Noel Leoni Zardo Jan 2013

Gender Equality And Indigenous Peoples' Right To Self-Determination And Culture, Maria Noel Leoni Zardo

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Piercing The Confucian Veil: Lenagan's Implications For East Asia And Human Rights, Joy L. Chia Jan 2012

Piercing The Confucian Veil: Lenagan's Implications For East Asia And Human Rights, Joy L. Chia

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Informed Consent: A Right Without A Remedy Examined Through The Lens Of Maternity Care, Kristen Ann Curran Jan 2012

Informed Consent: A Right Without A Remedy Examined Through The Lens Of Maternity Care, Kristen Ann Curran

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Gender And Law: The Social Science Perspective, Mireya Suarez Feb 2011

Gender And Law: The Social Science Perspective, Mireya Suarez

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Why Does The Method Matter?, Lorena Fries, Veronica Matus Feb 2011

Why Does The Method Matter?, Lorena Fries, Veronica Matus

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Banding Together: Reflections On The Role Of The Women's Bar Association Of The District Of Columbia And The Washington College Of Law In Promoting Women's Rights, Jamie Abrams, Daniela Kraiem Oct 2008

Banding Together: Reflections On The Role Of The Women's Bar Association Of The District Of Columbia And The Washington College Of Law In Promoting Women's Rights, Jamie Abrams, Daniela Kraiem

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

The Washington College of Law and the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia share an important historical connection; Ellen Spencer Mussey and Emma Gillett founded both institutions together, in 1898 and 1917, respectively. Mussey and Gillett were pioneers in legal education, legal reform, and the development of women lawyers. 2 More significant than the work they performed during their lives, however, is the legacy of activism, reform, and support that they ignited by founding two institutions that advance women in the law. These institutions have trained and supported generations of women lawyers through world wars and depressions, through …


Banding Together: Reflections Of The Role Of The Women's Bar Association Of The District Of Columbia And The Washington College Of Law In Promoting Women's Rights, Jamie R. Abrams, Daniela Kraiem Jan 2008

Banding Together: Reflections Of The Role Of The Women's Bar Association Of The District Of Columbia And The Washington College Of Law In Promoting Women's Rights, Jamie R. Abrams, Daniela Kraiem

The Modern American

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The United States As Global Sheriff: Using Unilateral Sanctions To Combat Human Trafficking, Janie Chuang Jan 2006

The United States As Global Sheriff: Using Unilateral Sanctions To Combat Human Trafficking, Janie Chuang

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

In recent years, the issue of human trafficking - the recruitment or movement of persons by means of coercion or deception into exploitative labor or slavery-like practices - has moved from the margins to the mainstream political agenda. The rapid proliferation of international, regional and domestic anti-trafficking laws bespeaks universal condemnation of the practice, but belies deep divisions among States over how to define and approach the problem. It is thus significant that the international community was able to reach consensus and conclude a new international law on trafficking - the Palermo Protocol. But just weeks before the signing of …


Beijing Panel Brings Together Activists And Delegates, Alison E. Graves Jan 1995

Beijing Panel Brings Together Activists And Delegates, Alison E. Graves

Human Rights Brief

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Remarks Cecilia Medina-Quiroga Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: Reproduction, Rights, And Reality: How Facts And Law Can Work For Women , Cecelia Medina-Quiroga Jan 1995

Remarks Cecilia Medina-Quiroga Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: Reproduction, Rights, And Reality: How Facts And Law Can Work For Women , Cecelia Medina-Quiroga

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.