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Gender, Law, and the Courts: Local and Global Struggles Against Violence
Gender, Law, and the Courts: Local and Global Struggles Against Violence
Wednesday, 13 July 2016: 09:00-10:30
Location: Hörsaal 33 (Main Building)
RC32 Women in Society (host committee) Language: English
According to the United Nations, up to 70 per cent of women experience violence in their lifetime. Most countries have formulated laws that address violence. While laws are essential, we argue that the judiciary’s interpretation of the law to rule on cases is crucial for addressing violence in the private and/or public sphere. The state (particularly national governments) and the judiciary have therefore been an important topic of scrutiny for feminist scholars. Both the formulation and adoption of laws and the enforcement of laws are important mechanisms for addressing violence.
So how have local struggles, national movements, and transnational coalitions/networks facilitated (or not) the creation and enactment of laws? How gender-conscious are laws? How have laws been interpreted by the courts – civil or criminal – and courts at the local, state, national, or international level?
For this session we invite papers that examine local, national, and/or transnational struggles for addressing violence against women with specific focus on a critical analysis of law-making, the laws themselves, and the role of the courts. Papers may focus on any single country or may be comparative or examine the role and efforts of transnational networks.
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