Feminist Law

Digital safety needs to be rethought in terms of relationships through restructuring cyber-law legislation, broadening definitions of domestic violence to include digital coercive control and demanding context-sensitive platform design. Otherwise, digital safety cannot be transformed from a tool of domestic violence into an avenue for empowerment.

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment No. 25, the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, and New Zealand’s new Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill each address how best to protect "children" from algorithmic and AI-related harm. However, the category performing much of this legal work, "the child", is rarely interrogated in its own right.

The initiative against FGM is rooted in the reclamation of freedom and individual autonomy. It becomes imperative for the highest court of India to ban this practice which cannot be justified by stating the Essential Religious Practice test, and opposing the interference with a community’s culture and traditions. It is an inherently violent and discriminatory practice against women.

This essay discusses CEDAW's protection of refugee women against sexual and gender-based violence.

This article discusses gender bias in technology used to diagnose learning disorders and how the law can help.

This article discusses the consequences of the Dobbs decision in the United States which overturned Roe v Wade.

This article highlights the impacts of pornography on society, sexual relationships and its relationship with feminism.

Introduction An area that has seen rapid change and development recently is attitudes towards menstruation and menstrual health. Not very...

Introduction Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in late August 2021, women’s rights around the world have taken a turn for the...

Mahsa Amini On September 16th 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died after being arrested for “improperly” wearing her...