This section will discuss equality before the law, equality in law, strategies for promoting gender equality through law, and women's human rights issues. It will examine and analyze theories in law and women's studies. Subjects for discussion will include: the positive laws in each country ; precedents with a gender perspective ; gender issues in legal education ; the training of judges and lawyers ; gender-mainstreaming in jurisprudence ; the internationalization of human rights law in the UN and the EU ; women's human rights with an international law perspective ; and the reality of women's human rights in each country. The sub-topics in this session include international human rights, gender and law-related issues such as employment, divorce, reproductive rights, rape, domestic violence, sexual harassment, pornography and prostitution.


Sub-theme Coordinator

Kim, Sun Uk
College of Law, Ewha Womans University
Professor
Center for Gender Law
Director
sunwook@ewha.ac.kr | (82) 2-3277-3464

Yang, Hyunah
College of Law, Seoul National University
Professor
hyang@snu.ac.kr | (82) 2-672-5978

Associate Coordinators

Cha, Seon-ja
(Chonnam National University)

Cho, Eun Hee
(Cheju National University )