We must begin to write women’s lives into law
The Gender and the Law program aims to drive meaningful advancement of the law as a tool to enable equality rather than being a vehicle (intentional or otherwise) for inequality, inaction or discrimination.
“By bringing a gender lens to legislation, we can critically examine the ways in which inequality is built into the very systems we rely on for justice.” — Professor Ramona Vijeyarasa, Chair in Gender and the Law
Our research
This work starts from a simple but uncomfortable truth: the law is rarely gender neutral in its impact. Legal frameworks shape who is protected, whose experiences are recognised and whose harm is overlooked.
New research to advance equality for women through the law
UTS’s first professorial chair in gender and the law will pioneer the creation of a global legal database to drive gender equality in legislation around the...
Equality before the law
Ramona Vijeyarasa is using AI to challenge gender discrimination and enshrine women’s rights into law.
Unbiased AI could improve women's rights
Award-winning researcher Dr Ramona Vijeyarasa discusses how Australia could be a more just society, and how artificial intelligence may prove the best legal...
The Gender Legislative Index
The law has the power to deliver concrete change to fulfil women’s rights, but we’ve lacked a set of global standards to assess and score laws on their ability...
New research to advance equality for women through the law
UTS’s first professorial chair in gender and the law will pioneer the creation of a global legal database to drive gender equality in legislation around the...
Equality before the law
Ramona Vijeyarasa is using AI to challenge gender discrimination and enshrine women’s rights into law.
Unbiased AI could improve women's rights
Award-winning researcher Dr Ramona Vijeyarasa discusses how Australia could be a more just society, and how artificial intelligence may prove the best legal...
The Gender Legislative Index
The law has the power to deliver concrete change to fulfil women’s rights, but we’ve lacked a set of global standards to assess and score laws on their ability...
Visitors program
Applications are open for visiting researchers to spend time with the Gender and the Law team.
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