Professor Rosemary Auchmuty, University of Reading
14 November 2018 - 1:00pm
We live in an era when the meanings of the words ‘sex’, ‘gender’, and even ‘woman’ are increasingly contested. This presents problems not only for those trying to work with the categories of law but also for simple comprehension, let alone finding common ground.
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the International Civil Society Action Network, spearheading the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership with member organisations active in preventing violent extremism by promoting peace, rights and pluralism
Dr Sarah Holcombe, Senior Fellow, University of Queensland, and Visiting Fellow at ANU
11 October 2018 - 5:30pm
The criminalisation of gender violence, though enormously important in validating women’s rights as human rights, has had particular and unintended effects in Aboriginal communities.
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission
25 September 2018 - 6:00pm
Professor Rosalind Croucher, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission will present on ‘Rights-mindedness’ — making human rights real in public service and community understanding 70 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Australian National University is proud to present the Faith Bandler Lecture where Geoffrey Robertson will discuss the advancement of the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Although postnatal care is one of the major interventions recommended for the reduction of maternal and newborn deaths worldwide, most women in Nigeria do not receive postnatal care.
