Towards Gender Equality in Law

Gizem Guney is a Teaching Fellow at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Portsmouth. Her research focuses on the feminist reading of human rights and criminal justice. David Davies is a Teaching Fellow in Sociology at the University of Sussex, and his research is focuses on a socio-legal exploration of how to combat the use of gender stereotypes in advertising.Po-Han Lee is an Assistant Professor at the Global Health Program, National Taiwan University. Previously, he taught Sociology/Criminology, Human Rights, and Gender Studies at the University of Sussex.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Stereo(typical) roles: Human rights versus gender stereotyping.- 3. Transgender reproduction: A new frontier?.- 4. Judging divorce in Ben Ali’s Tunisia.- 5. Constitutional and legal guarantees for transgender in Pakistan: Reforms and backlashes in Law.- 6. Rural women’s land-use rights in China: Acceptance and enforceability.- 7. One step further, two steps back: An analysis of Turkey’s implementation of the Istanbul Convention in addressing gender-based violence.- 8. 21st century women solicitors in England and Wales: Inconsistency between equality law and its implementation in legal practice.- 9. The enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health and rights: A case study of sex workers in Kenya.- 10. The Gender Violence Act: Criminalising machismo advertising in Spain.- 11. Gender as a danger: Backlash against the notion of ‘gender’ and the law on gender equality in Armenia.- 12. Hate speech law and equality: A cautionary tale for advocates of ‘stirring up gender hatred’ offences.- 13. Conclusion