Gender Institute Event Series
Measuring poverty and gender disparity
Forum
On 21 March, the Gender Institute co-hosted with the Development Policy Centre a public forum Measuring Poverty and Gender Disparity. The event showcased the work of an interdisciplinary group of academics, development practitioners, and researchers who are engaged in a multi-year research project…
Human Rights and gender violence
Public lecture
As the international system focuses more attention on the problem of violence against women, the demand for accurate information to test policies and to promote accountability has grown. But measuring such a multi-faceted phenomenon through universal categories and strategies is very difficult. In…
ANU celebrations for the centenary of International Women's Day
Public forum
Professor Penny Oakes, Dean of Students, presented the 2011 ANU International Women's Day Awards, accompanied by a delicious morning tea.
Gender & Human Rights: Dialogues with Sally Engle Merry
Workshop
'In order for human rights ideas to be effective... they need to be translated into local terms and situated within local contexts of power and meaning...' (Sally Engle Merry, Human Rights and Gender Violence: Translating International Law into Local Justice, Chicago: University of Chicago Press…
Room to read
Fundraiser
An International Women’s Day fundraising evening with three inspirational speaker.
International Women's Day 100th Anniversary
Celebration
Details of events held in Canberra to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day.
The seduction of quantification: Measuring human rights
Lunchtime seminar
In this seminar Professor Merry explored the increasing reliance on simplified numerical representations of complex phenomena.