Missing Voices: Women & Democracy After Conflict

07 March 2006

Professor Hilary Charlesworth

Pamela Denoon Lecture 2006 in association with International Women's Day

Issues of sex and gender are rarely considered relevant to invasions, conflict or state-building.

In this, the Pamela Dunoon Lecture for 2006, Professor Hilary Charlesworth argued that the roles of women and the values assigned to these roles shape our understanding of violence at the international level. She focused on the invasion of Iraq, its aftermath, and the ongoing attempts to rebuild that country. She also examined the way that ideas about femininity and masculinity have influenced the international community’s actions.

Broad Topics: Arts and Social Sciences

Sub-topics: Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture

Areas: University

Hilary Charlesworth is Professor in the Regulatory Institutions Network in the Research School of Social Sciences and Professor of International Law and Human Rights in the ANU College of Law. She is internationally acclaimed for her work on human rights, and her research on international law and democracy. She chaired the ACT government’s consultation on the introduction of a bill of rights in 2002–03. She has taught at the Universities of Melbourne and Adelaide and has been a visiting professor at Washington & Lee School of Law, Harvard Law School and New York University Global Law School. In January 2005, she was the 24th Wayne Morse Professor at the University of Oregon.

Part of the 2006 Toyota-ANU Public Lecture Series