Panel Four: Gender Legislation and Social Context

Presenter Information

Mounira Maya Charrad, University of Texas at Austin
Adrien Wing, University of Iowa College of Law
Ruth Miller, University of Massachusetts Boston
Amira Sonbol, Georgetown University

Start Date

31-3-2007 9:30 AM

End Date

31-3-2007 11:30 AM

Description

Panel Chair: Frank Vogel

Mounira Maya Charrad
Steady Reforms: Path Dependency Theory and Gender Legislation in Tunisia

Adrien Wing
The Future of Palestinian Women’s Rights: Lessons from a Half Century of Tunisian Progress

Ruth Miller
On the Limits of Bodily Integrity: Rape Legislation in Comparative Perspective

Amira Sonbol
Nationality and Citizenship: Women’s Fight for Basic Freedoms