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View All‘Climate Change Is a Man-Made Problem with a Feminist Solution’
March 8, 2024
Hayley Fitzgerald-Smith L’24 and Dorothy Ayitey LLM’24 share their reflections on Rangita de Silva de Alwis’ remarks at the 87th session of the CEDAW.
Feminization of Poverty and Women’s Leadership
March 8, 2024
Rangita de Silva de Alwis encourages UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2024 anti-poverty policymakers to “give women’s leadership and decision-making a fresh look.”
A Passport to American Legal Practice
January 23, 2024
About 20 percent of Penn Carey Law’s LLM class participate in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program after graduation.
Special Advisor to the UK Parliamentary Committee on Gender Apartheid
January 11, 2024
Rangita de Silva de Alwis will also help guide draft language on gender apartheid on General Recommendation 40 of the Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) treaty.
How Will Philadelphia Finance Climate Change?
December 26, 2023
Although cities will need $5.4 trillion annually through 2030 to combat climate change, they are currently receiving just 1% of those funds, writes Prof. Bill Burke-White.
Sexual Violence as a Tactic of War
December 22, 2023
“If we take gender justice out of the criminal justice system, we are left with a system that only serves the criminal,” writes Rangita de Silva de Alwis.
Examining the UN Secretary General’s Independent Assessment of Afghanistan Submitted to the Security Council Under Resolution 2679 of 2023
December 4, 2023
“At the heart of the gender equality project,” writes Senior Adjunct Professor of Global Leadership Rangita de Silva de Alwis, “is the full and equal right to education of women and girls.”
International Law at the Department of Justice
November 27, 2023
As an extern with the Department of Justice, Olivia Rosenzweig L’23 worked on projects in the Office of Foreign Litigation and the Office of International Judicial Assistance.
Public–Private Partnerships in Real Estate Law
November 10, 2023
Quentin Mansfield L’25 writes, “The experiences and insights garnered in London reinforced the belief that with the right legal and policy framework, individual and community efforts can indeed shape large-scale urban development projects.”
Patchwork in the Polders
November 8, 2023
Riann Winget L’24 learned more about Amsterdam’s housing crisis during her ILR fellowship.
The Context of Reproductive (In)Justice in Paraguay
November 7, 2023
Giovanna Parini SJD’25 writes, “it will take ‘a village’ to defend, protect, and secure human rights” in her home country of Parguay.
Liberal Ideas in Vietnamese Constitutional History
November 6, 2023
Hau Le SJD’25 is studying the development of the constitutional law of Vietnam for his SJD thesis.