Law and Gender Justice
A special issue of Laws (ISSN 2075-471X). This special issue belongs to the section "Law and Gender Issues".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 666
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gender based violence; law; criminology; South Asia
Interests: gender-based violence; sexual behavior and HIV/AIDS; immigration and labor force participation; race and ethnic relations, and aging in SSA
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The tumultuous relationship between law and gender justice is historically, culturally, and discursively produced. Deeply embedded in the hegemonic masculine legal framework, the interaction between law and gender must seek refuge in a moral-juridical-just discourse. Punitive and exculpatory, disempowering and empowering, exclusionary and inclusive, all at the same time, the relation between law and gender justice must be grounded in the principles of equality, autonomy, protection from harm, and a gender-just framework. In this Special Issue, we invite gender inclusive theoretical, empirical, and lived experience submissions that address law’s relationship with gender justice/injustice in the following areas:
- Gender-based violence;
- Bodily integrity and sexual autonomy;
- The criminal justice system;
- The workplace;
- The health care system.
Dr. Suvarna Cherukuri
Prof. Dr. Sitawa R. Kimuna
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gender-based violence
- bodily integrity and sexual autonomy
- the criminal justice system
- the workplace
- the health care system
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