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Rewriting the Rules
Gender-Responsive Lawmaking for the Twenty-First Century
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.
Rewriting the Rules considers what law would look like if it were written with women in mind. Examining both where the law stands today and the ground left to walk if it is to be truly equitable, Ramona Vijeyarasa takes readers on a global journey of gender-responsive lawmaking across seven legal domains: gender-based violence, shared parenting, corporate board representation, small-scale mining, budgeting, modern slavery, and artificial intelligence. A legislative tour of good and bad practice from every continent, this book affirms that law reform can make a gender-equal world possible.
Rewriting the Rules considers what law would look like if it were written with women in mind. Examining both where the law stands today and the ground left to walk if it is to be truly equitable, Ramona Vijeyarasa takes readers on a global journey of gender-responsive lawmaking across seven legal domains: gender-based violence, shared parenting, corporate board representation, small-scale mining, budgeting, modern slavery, and artificial intelligence. A legislative tour of good and bad practice from every continent, this book affirms that law reform can make a gender-equal world possible.
Ramona Vijeyarasa is Professor of Law at the University of Technology Sydney. She is author of The Woman President: Leadership, Law and Legacy for Women based on Experiences from South and Southeast Asia and Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman: Myths and Misconceptions about Trafficking and Its Victims.
"A compelling and empowering read for anyone trying to understand how the law can be better deployed for gender equality. Ramona Vijeyarasa addresses the persistent challenge of gender-blind laws, expanding our views to new fields such artificial intelligence in ways that will undoubtedly propel a new stride in women's rights."—Rangita de Silva, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law and Global Leadership, Penn Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania, and member of the UN Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
"A brilliant and timely contribution. Broadening her analysis to chronically overlooked jurisdictions, Vijeyarasa brings a feminist legal imagination and a truly impressive body of research to the essential task of charting a path forward for gender-responsive law."—Meghan Campbell, author of Women, Poverty, Equality: The Role of CEDAW
"A thoughtful, refreshing, and innovative account of feminist approaches in law, regulation, and policymaking. This is a must-read for anyone who wishes to move beyond Global North Anglocentric perspectives and pursue solutions to pressing social issues that are championed by the people most directly affected."—Andrew Byrnes, Emeritus Professor of International Law and Human Rights, University of New South Wales
"A brilliant and timely contribution. Broadening her analysis to chronically overlooked jurisdictions, Vijeyarasa brings a feminist legal imagination and a truly impressive body of research to the essential task of charting a path forward for gender-responsive law."—Meghan Campbell, author of Women, Poverty, Equality: The Role of CEDAW
"A thoughtful, refreshing, and innovative account of feminist approaches in law, regulation, and policymaking. This is a must-read for anyone who wishes to move beyond Global North Anglocentric perspectives and pursue solutions to pressing social issues that are championed by the people most directly affected."—Andrew Byrnes, Emeritus Professor of International Law and Human Rights, University of New South Wales