Gender Institute Event Series
Dependence, disability, and liberal citizenship
Seminar
Some feminists have recently challenged the view that independence is a desirable or possible moral status. They have also argued against liberal conceptions of citizenship that require citizen autonomy understood as independence. While these critiques have some merit, Marilyn Friedman argues that…
Child-related career interruptions and the gender wage gap in France
Seminar
Professor Dominique Meurs will discuss the outcomes of recent research into the consequences that children and child-related time out of the labour market have on the gender wage gap in France.
UN millennium development goals report 2011
Launch
The United Nations Information Centre for Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific invite you to attend the launch of this report.
The road to 2016 - What role for the EU in the fight to eliminate the worst forms of child labour?
Public lecture
In this public lecture, Anya Oram the Human Rights Coordinator for the Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission takes a look at the current EU approach to child labour and considers what more could be done, with a focus on children in hazardous work and the contribution - if any -…
Multicultural Women's Advocacy Inc celebrates Refugee Day
Launch
Elizabeth Broderick will discuss her work and launch the MWA Employability Partnership Project.
ANU College of Law PhD presentation: Collective consciousness and international law
Lunchtime seminar
This thesis argues that it is useful to approach the global community as a global collective consciousness or collective self. Adopting the 'sociology of human consciousness' approach of Burns et al, the thesis shows that the global collective consciousness operates as the public mind of the global…
National policy agenda launch: Investment in affordable and accessible rental housing to build women's housing security
Launch
Join Equality Rights Alliance for the launch of this national policy agenda launch with guest speaker, music, drinks and food. RSVP required by Thursday 6 June.