About the event
The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, in collaboration with the Feminist Jurisprudence Discussion Group, is pleased to host the presentation of the book ‘Women, Gender, and Constitutionalism in Latin America’, edited by Francisca Pou, Ruth Rubio Marín, and Verónica Undurraga. With the three editors in attendance, we are excited to engage in a broad discussion of this contribution to gender comparative constitutionalism.

The launch includes two panel discussions:

16:00 Panel 1. ‘Women, Gender, and Constitutionalism: Regional Perspectives’

The panel will have the editors’ introduction to the book and three discussants commenting from their own regional perspectives (South Africa, Eastern Europe, and South Asia).

Speakers: Francisca Pou Giménez (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico), Ruth Rubio Marín (University of Seville, Spain), and Verónica Undurraga Valdés (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile).

Discussants: Kate O’Regan (University of Oxford), Barbara Havelková (University of Oxford), and Aparna Chandra (National Law School of India University).

Chair: Rosario Grimà Algora (University of Oxford)

17:30 Coffee / Tea break

17:45 Panel 2. ‘Women, Gender, and Constitutionalism: Latin American Perspectives’

The panel will have Latin American discussants commenting on 4 of the 11 national chapters included in the volume (Colombia, Perú, Chile, and Mexico), followed by a discussion with the editors.

Discussants: Mónica Arango Olaya (University of Oxford), Carlos Zelada (University of Oxford), Natalia Morales Cerda (UCL), and Luz Helena Orozco y Villa (University of Oxford).

Respondents: Francisca Pou Giménez (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico), Ruth Rubio Marín (University of Seville, Spain), and Verónica Undurraga Valdés (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile).

Chair: Rosario Grimà Algora (University of Oxford)