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#54 Publish, Parent, Perish? Making Space for Mothers in Legal Academia
Motherhood sits uneasily within the institutional imagination of international legal academia. Academic career paths are still commonly structured around expectations of uninterrupted productivity, geographic mobility, and “always-on” availability – as
#FeministPerspectives #LegalAcademia
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/54-publish-parent-perish-making-space-for-mothers-in-legal-academia/
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Womanhood, International Law, and the Global South
‘Gravity of Tenderness’ by The Fabler.
Women in their 20s and 30s continue to face the age-old questions of whether and when they should have children. While more and more women are choosing to delay or even opt out of motherhood altogether, the pressure to decide certainly mounts
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https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/womanhood-international-law-and-the-global-south/
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Motherhood and Laws of Social Reproduction
‘Gravity of Tenderness’ by The Fabler.
Everything has a value. Even those forms of labour that society persistently devalues, like motherhood and the caregiving work accompanying it. In contemporary societies, motherhood and care work are predominantly framed as a private matter. Within this traditionalist u
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https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/motherhood-and-laws-of-social-reproduction/
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The Everyday Revolt of Bodies in Iran
Iran is currently witnessing a large-scale uprising, with women’s rights part of its demands. Yet, this struggle predates mass protests, rooted in decades of activism and everyday acts of resistance. This blog post examines women’s resistance to the state's violent body politics, particularly the imposition of hij
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https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-everyday-revolt-of-bodies-in-iran/
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The UK Supreme Court’s Unworkable Sex Definitions in For Women Scotland
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Disordering the Binaries of International Law
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https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/disordering-the-binaries-of-international-law/
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#44 Feminist Resistance in Armed Conflicts: Beyond Victimhood, Toward Justice
Finally started reading this firecracker of a book and oh my goodness is she right. I find myself vigorously nodding at every sentence and might need to see a chiropractor soon @lesliekern
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Towards FIEL-ine (Feminist International Economic Law) Legalities
#FeministPerspectives #FeministTheory #InternationalEconomicLaw #InternationalTradeLaw #Intersectionality
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/towards-fiel-ine-feminist-international-economic-law-legalities/
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