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Gender Equality
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Lavinia Goodell: Wisconsin's First Woman Lawyer
‘Married women today are not the abject slaves they were fifty years ago’
Lavinia Goodell, October 1879In the fall of 1879, Lavinia Goodell wrote an article for the Woman’s Journal titled “How it Looked to a Lawyer Half a Century Ago.” In it,…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Charitable Giving to Women’s and Girls’ Organizations Represents only 1.9 Percent of Giving
By Tracy Thomas
Giving to Women’s and Girls’ Organizations Exceeds $10 Billion for First Time yet Still Represents 1.9 Percent of Charitable Giving in the U.S.The Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) at the Indiana…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Intersectionality and Women’s Participation in Peace Negotiations
By Tracy Thomas
Jenna Sapiano, Gina Heathcote & Xianan Jin, Intersectionality and Women's Participation in Peace Negotiations, forthcoming International Affairs (2024) The Women, Peace and Security resolutions have consistently called for women’s increased participation at…
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How Comply-or-Explain Disclosure Regulation Can Improve Corporate Governance and Gender Equality
By Aaron A. Dhir, Sarah Kaplan, Maria Arabella Robles
In 2020, the Nasdaq stock market filed a proposal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeking permission to adopt a board diversity-related disclosure requirement for its listed companies. In…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
CFP Symposium, Women’s Leadership in Law and Politics
By Tracy Thomas
Call for ProposalsWomen’s Leadership in Law and PoliticsScholars Virtual SymposiumSponsored by The Center for Constitutional Law & The Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of AkronFriday, February 21,…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Gendering the New International Norms on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies
By Tracy Thomas
Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Gendering the New International Norms on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies A flurry of landmark international digital rules is soon to make its debut in the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The History of the Gendered Term “Congressman” and its Neutral Alternative “Representative”
By Tracy Thomas
You Should Call House Members "Representatives"For most of the nation’s history, members of the U.S. House of Representatives have been addressed as “Congressman” or “Congresswoman.” By contrast, a senator is…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Arnow-Richman on “Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Panes of Equity Partnership”
By Jamie Abrams
Rachel Arnow-Richman has published Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Panes of Equity Partnership in Volume 17 of the Florida International University Law Reivew. The abstract is below: This Article, prepared for a “micro-symposium” on…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Invitation to Online Book Launch of Feminist Legislation Project on Sept. 25
By Jamie Abrams
Below is an invitation to a book launch of the Feminist Legislation Project from co-editor Becky Batagol. More information about the book project is here: Please come to the launch…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Gender, Family and Domestic Innovation in Postwar America
By Tracy Thomas
Jorge L. Contreras, Mrs. Aronson’s Patent: Gender, Family and Domestic Innovation in Postwar America" 62 Houston Law Review (2024, Forthcoming)This article unearths the curious and hitherto unexplored history of Aronson…