Our third edition of the Rights in Crisis series will discuss the state’s approach towards unpaid domestic labour and the recent focus on direct cash transfer schemes for women. Prof Prabha Kotiswaran will be in conversation with Prof. Sandra Fredman and Dr Aradhana CV will moderate the discussion.

Prof. Prabha Kotiswaran is a Professor of Law and Social Justice at King’s College London and previously taught at SOAS. She received her undergraduate law degree in India from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and then an LLM and SJD (doctorate) from Harvard Law School. She also practiced law at the New York law firm of Debevoise and Plimpton. Her main areas of research include criminal law, transnational criminal law, feminist legal studies and sociology of law.

Prof Sandra Fredman is the Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the USA at Oxford University, and the Director of the Oxford Human Rights Hub. She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2005 and became a QC (honoris causa) in 2012. She has written and published widely on anti-discrimination law, human rights law and labour law, including numerous peer-reviewed articles.