International Women’s Rights Law and Gender Equality : Making the Law Work for Women (Hardcover)

Foreword Elizabeth Evatt AC Part I. Women and the Law: Addressing Inequality Chapter 1. In Pursuit of Gender-Responsive Legislation: Transforming Women’s Lives Through the Law Ramona Vijeyarasa Chapter 2. Women’s Rights ? The State of Play: How Far Have We Come Since the Beijing Declaration? Jeni Klugman Part II. Legislating for Women: Successes and Setbacks in Delivering Gender-Responsive Outcomes for Women Chapter 3. Domestic Violence Law: When Good Intentions Go Awry in Practice Heather Nancarrow Comment: Promoting Safety and Accountability: Clarity, Consistency and Interconnected Laws Heather Douglas Chapter 4. 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 Chapter 5. 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 Chapter 6. Enhancing Equality in Political Life: Successes and Limitations with Electoral Gender Quotas Leena Rikkila Tamang Comment: Enhancing Equality in Public Life Marian Sawer Part III. Legislating with Women in Mind: A Demand for Gender-Responsiveness at the Drafting Table Chapter 7. 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 Chapter 8. ‘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 Chapter 9. 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 Part IV. Accountability for Embedding Women’s Rights in Domestic Law Chapter 10. 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 Chapter 11. Lighting the Spark: Reimagining the Statutory Landscape Through the Feminist Legislation Project Becky Batagol and Ramona Vijeyarasa Chapter 12. Gender Audits and Legislative Scrutiny: Do Parliamentary Human Rights Bodies have a Role to Play? Jacqueline Mowbray Chapter 13. Conclusion ? Women and the Law: The Challenges Ahead for Gender-Responsive Legislation Ramona Vijeyarasa