The New Zealand Women’s Law Journal – Te Aho Kawe Kaupapa Ture a ngā Wāhine focuses on supporting and publishing scholarly research about women.
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Published: 09 November, 2022
Publisher: LexisNexis New Zealand
The primary aims of the Journal are to promote awareness about women’s issues in the law and to support women in the New Zealand legal profession in their careers.
The scope of the Journal is wide: publishing articles related to any domestic or international topic concerning women, gender perspectives and the law. The New Zealand Women’s Law Journal Trust also encourage articles that take an intersectional approach and simultaneously examine issues of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation.
The articles and commentaries included are chosen from the work of lawyers, graduate students, and academics.
For further information about the New Zealand Women’s Law Journal Trust, visit http://www.womenslawjournal.co.nz/
Features
• The only academic publication solely dedicated to publishing legal scholarship about women's issues in the law and supporting the work of women lawyers in New Zealand.
• Provides refreshing perspectives to the dialogue around issues in the legal profession.
• A new collection of essays published annually.
Editorial — Kōrero tīmatanga Emma Littlewood and Yasmin Olsen
Foreword — Kupu whakataki Justice Kiri Tahana
Afghan women judges: Changes to life circumstances after Taliban seized Afghanistan Judge Raihana Attaee
"I am misunderstood": Young women in the youth justice system Judge Frances Eivers
Preliminary reflections on the Sexual Violence Legislation Act 2021 Kate Fitzgibbon and Joanne Lee
Cossey v R: Misgendering and the sentencing of gender-diverse individuals in Aotearoa New Zealand Clair Caird
Responding to abusive litigation: Short v Short Dr Bridgette Toy-Cronin
The clothes on our backs, the skin off theirs: The gendered dimensions of human rights violations in the garment industry, and possible protective mechanisms in New Zealand's supply chains Raksha Tiwari
Serious, exploitative, sexual misconduct: The disciplinary proceedings against James Gardner-Hopkins Jamie O'Sullivan
Employing art in the fight for gender equality in Aotearoa New Zealand's legal profession Dr Anna Hood