Professor Deborah Widiss, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
16 May 2018 - 2:30pm
In both the United States and Australia, women provide the bulk of care for infants, establishing patterns that may have ongoing effects on how mothers (and fathers) balance work and care obligations throughout the childrearing years.
Professor Syed Tanveer Nasreen, University of Burdwan
26 April 2018 - 4:00pm
In this lecture, Prof Nasreen will show that triple talaq has become an acid test for Indian democracy that aims to offer all women rights equal to that enjoyed by men.
ANU Law Reform & Social Justice; Amnesty International Australia ACT/SNSW Action Centre
18 April 2018 - 7:00pm
Former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Gillian Triggs will examine the state of play of human rights in Australia and revisit the case for an Australian Bill of Rights.
Yannick Glemarec, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director for Policy and Programme, UN Women; Miwa Kato, Regional Representative, UN Women Asia and the Pacific; and Aleta Miller, Representative, UN Women
10 October 2017 - 5:30pm
In a free Canberra public lecture, Virginia Haussegger, Director of the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation, will facilitate a conversation with UN Women leaders about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and progress underway towards achieving SDG 5 – gender equality and women’s empowerment – by 2030.
Associate Professor Karen Green, University of Melbourne
6 October 2017 - 5:30pm
Books that Changed Humanity is an initiative of the Humanities Research Centre, based at the Australian National University. Join us as Associate Professor Karen Green (University of Melbourne) introduces and discusses Mary Wollstonecraft's groundbreaking 1792 work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
