CEDAW and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Workshop, Panel 2: Relationships and Families

Transitional Justice Institute: Public Lectures and Events

This episode continues our workshop on CEDAW and SOGI, with a panel focused on relationships and families.

Speakers:

• Danielle Roberts (HereNI)

• Imani Kimiri (National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission of Kenya)

Chair: Loveday Hodson (Leicester)

Women’s enjoyment of the substantive rights guaranteed under CEDAW – legal equality, nationality, education, employment, health, economic and social life, rurality, family life, political participation – are inextricably informed and shaped in important ways by their sexual orientation and gender identity.

This workshop sought to explore the current and potential activities of the CEDAW Committee on the human rights of lesbian, bisexual and transgender women. It identified strengths in the CEDAW Committee’s current approach to sexual orientation and gender identity and pinpoint areas for future development. The workshop aimed to make both a theoretical and practical contribution to the interpretation of CEDAW and to the activities of the CEDAW Committee, States, civil society and international organisations.

The workshop was organised by Dr Meghan Campbell (Birmingham University Law School), Dr Loveday Hodson (Leicester University Law School) and Dr Catherine O’Rourke (Ulster University Transitional Justice Institute).

The workshop is hosted by the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University.