Institutionalising women’s experiences in law: Possibilities and pitfalls of parliamentary gender audit committees

Vijeyarasa, R

Institutionalising women’s experiences in law: Possibilities and pitfalls of parliamentary gender audit committees

Vijeyarasa, R

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Publisher:: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Alternative Law Journal, 2024, 49, (2), pp. 114-119
Issue Date:: 2024-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Vijeyarasa, R https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4581-4924
dc.date.accessioned	2024-09-27T01:59:33Z
dc.date.available	2024-09-27T01:59:33Z
dc.date.issued	2024-06-01
dc.identifier.citation	Alternative Law Journal, 2024, 49, (2), pp. 114-119
dc.identifier.issn	1037-969X
dc.identifier.issn	2398-9084
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/181008
dc.description.abstract	Feminist legal scholars have long recognised that law is gendered, being a manifestation of power that often works to the detriment of women. This need not be the case. This article tests the capacity of law to make a material difference on women’s lives through parliamentary auditing. The arguments springboard from an innovation emerging in Tasmania in 2022: a Gender and Equality Audit Committee in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. Alongside the Australian Capital Territory’s Standing Committee on the Economy and Gender and Economic Equality, these Australian examples provide a framework to interrogate the possibilities for inclusive, gendered legislative scrutiny.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Alternative Law Journal
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1037969X241253001
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dc.subject	1606 Political Science, 1801 Law, 2201 Applied Ethics
dc.subject.classification	4804 Law in context
dc.subject.classification	4805 Legal systems
dc.subject.classification	4807 Public law
dc.title	Institutionalising women’s experiences in law: Possibilities and pitfalls of parliamentary gender audit committees
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
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Feminist legal scholars have long recognised that law is gendered, being a manifestation of power that often works to the detriment of women. This need not be the case. This article tests the capacity of law to make a material difference on women’s lives through parliamentary auditing. The arguments springboard from an innovation emerging in Tasmania in 2022: a Gender and Equality Audit Committee in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. Alongside the Australian Capital Territory’s Standing Committee on the Economy and Gender and Economic Equality, these Australian examples provide a framework to interrogate the possibilities for inclusive, gendered legislative scrutiny.

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