Dr Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati (DPhil in Law, University of Oxford) is an International Lawyer, Associate Professor and UKHEA Senior Fellow. She has worked for the International Criminal Court, UNICEF Office of Research, British, Chinese and Canadian universities, and provided legal expertise to governments. She authored Feminicides of Girl Children: An International Law Approach (Brill 2018) and was awarded the SSHRC IDG, SSHRC Explore, and Global Impact Grant for her novel international legal semiotics theory.

'The Status of the Girl Child under International Law is a remarkable book. Drawing on both law and semiotics theory it provides a rich, insightful study of the position of the girl child in international law. It is essential reading for those interested in children's rights; violence against girls; and gender and law.' Jonathan Herring, University of Oxford

• Introduction; 1. Semiotics and Semioethics; 2. Definition of the Girl Child; 3. Sexism and Childism; 4. Intersectional Identity of the Girl Child; 5. Identification of the Girl Child in the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 6. The Beginning of Girlhood under International Law; 7. The End of Girlhood under International Law; 8. Girlhood and Womanhood in the CEDAW.

Dr Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati (DPhil in Law, University of Oxford) is an International Lawyer, Associate Professor and UKHEA Senior Fellow. She has worked for the International Criminal Court, UNICEF Office of Research, British, Chinese and Canadian universities, and provided legal expertise to governments. She authored Feminicides of Girl Children: An International Law Approach (Brill 2018) and was awarded the SSHRC IDG, SSHRC Explore, and Global Impact Grant for her novel international legal semiotics theory.

'The Status of the Girl Child under International Law is a remarkable book. Drawing on both law and semiotics theory it provides a rich, insightful study of the position of the girl child in international law. It is essential reading for those interested in children's rights; violence against girls; and gender and law.' Jonathan Herring, University of Oxford

• Introduction; 1. Semiotics and Semioethics; 2. Definition of the Girl Child; 3. Sexism and Childism; 4. Intersectional Identity of the Girl Child; 5. Identification of the Girl Child in the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 6. The Beginning of Girlhood under International Law; 7. The End of Girlhood under International Law; 8. Girlhood and Womanhood in the CEDAW.

Dr Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati (DPhil in Law, University of Oxford) is an International Lawyer, Associate Professor and UKHEA Senior Fellow. She has worked for the International Criminal Court, UNICEF Office of Research, British, Chinese and Canadian universities, and provided legal expertise to governments. She authored Feminicides of Girl Children: An International Law Approach (Brill 2018) and was awarded the SSHRC IDG, SSHRC Explore, and Global Impact Grant for her novel international legal semiotics theory.

'The Status of the Girl Child under International Law is a remarkable book. Drawing on both law and semiotics theory it provides a rich, insightful study of the position of the girl child in international law. It is essential reading for those interested in children's rights; violence against girls; and gender and law.' Jonathan Herring, University of Oxford

• Introduction; 1. Semiotics and Semioethics; 2. Definition of the Girl Child; 3. Sexism and Childism; 4. Intersectional Identity of the Girl Child; 5. Identification of the Girl Child in the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 6. The Beginning of Girlhood under International Law; 7. The End of Girlhood under International Law; 8. Girlhood and Womanhood in the CEDAW.