Trawalla Foundation - Research Fellowship

Project Member(s): Vijeyarasa, R.

Funding or Partner Organisation: The trustee for THE TRAWALLA FOUNDATION TRUST (Trawalla Foundation)
The trustee for THE TRAWALLA FOUNDATION TRUST (Trawalla Foundation)

Start year: 2020

Summary: My research seeks to offer a tangible contribution by using the law for the eradication of gender inequality. I specifically seek to use the law as a tool to correct historical discrimination suffered by different groups of marginalised women and to help advance women and their enjoyment of their rights. My research is anchored around the concept of gender-responsive legislation, the achievement of which I believe can realise staggering results for women in Australia and globally.

Publications:

Vijeyarasa, R 2021, 'Gender equality in Australia: looking for the silver bullets in the short and long term', Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 170-177.
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Vijeyarasa, R Australian Government: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 2021, Review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act: Based on international law and international standards, pp. 1-9, Sydney Australia.

Vijeyarasa, R 2021, 'Can law be re-written with women in mind?', Women's Leadership Institute Australia Newsletter.

Vijeyarasa, R 2021, 'Gender responsive legislation: Equal Opportunity Act', BroadAgenda.

Vijeyarasa, R 2021, 'The silver bullet! Gender-responsive Legislation', BroadAgenda.

Vijeyarasa, R 2021, 'The silver bullet! Gender-responsive legislation', BroadAgenda.

FOR Codes: Human Rights Law, Law and Society, Gender and Sexualities, Social Class and Inequalities, Law and society and socio-legal research, Domestic human rights law, International humanitarian and human rights law

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.