CEDAW and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Panel 3: Health and Education

Transitional Justice Institute: Public Lectures and Events

This panel of the CEDAW and SOGI workshop addressed health and education.

Speakers:

• Alexa Moore (Transgender Northern Ireland)

• Marisa Hutchinson (International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (Malaysia / Global South))

• Mel Duffy (Dublin City University)

Chair: Meghan Campbell

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 was hosted by the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University.