You are cordially invited to the First Annual Lecture of the Women in International Law Network (WILNET) which will take place on 20 March 2019. We are celebrating the International Women’s Day with a Lecture by Dr. Kamala Dawar from the University of Sussex on 'Trade...
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Women’s Rights in the Global Age
by Adaeze Aniodoh“I believe the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st Century” Hillary ClintonThe world is yet to reach the same equilibrium on the privileges and rights that are accorded to men. Despite the collective achievements that the...
My experience as an intern at the United Nations African Institute of Economic Development and Planning (IDEP)
by Charlotte WheatcroftWe continue our post series offering young women international lawyers a platform to discuss and share their experiences with a post by Charlotte Wheatcroft. Charlotte is an aspiring lawyer currently working as a Company Secretarial Advisor at...
Holding out for a Hero: How Was the Military Intervention in Afghanistan Legally Justified?
We continue our post series that provide a new platform of discussion to young woman international lawyers with a post by Lynsey Mitchell. Her PhD 'How was the military intervention in Afghanistan legally justified?' was awarded without corrections in 2016....
Jenny Poon: "Non-Refoulement in European and International Law"
We are very happy to start our post series that will provide a new platform of discussion to young woman international lawyers. Our first post is by Jenny Poon who is a third-year PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law of the University of Western Ontario, a qualified...
Women’s Perspectives in International Institutional Law
NATO, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is organising an international law seminar on 5 December 2017. The event entitled "Women's Perspectives in International Institutional Law" will be discussing the institutional framework of NATO, the history of...
Gender-Based Violence and Feminicide – An Interview with Sara de Vido
WILNET is delighted to post the translation of an interview made with one of our co-founders, Sara De Vido, assistant professor of international law at the University of Venice. She was asked to talk about gender-based violence and feminicide in Italy and abroad. Sara...
WILNET’s Call to Young Woman International Lawyers
One of WILNET’s main purposes is to give women in the international law forum a voice. To that end, we are launching a new post series where young woman international lawyers and students can talk about their work or research and discuss it with their peers. This will...
The 2017 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Competition: My Experience
by Siran Mahama WILNET would like to welcome Siran Mahama to the team. Siran is an LLM student at the University of Manchester studying Security and International Law and she is also qualified as a barrister in Ghana. Her special interests in international law...
A Festival Celebrating International Women’s Day: ‘What More Can the Law Do for Women?’
By Olga ChetverikovaWILNET would like to welcome Olga Chetverikova to our team. Olga is a PhD student at the School of Law, University of Manchester. Her research interests are mainly in International Economic Law. Her work focuses on the ways International Investment...
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