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Current Events | Upholding CEDAW: The Fight for Gender Equality in Kenyan Marriage Law

Over the last decade, Kenya has implemented new legislation to ensure legal equality between men and women in marriage. However, there is still a lack of equality between spouses, particularly in reference to matrimonial property and custody. This stands in conflict with Kenya’s obligations as a ratifying party to the 1981 Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which requires that member states ensure that men and women be treated equally during, after, and outside of marriage. In order to comply with the standards of international human rights law laid out in CEDAW, Kenya must revise its 2013 Matrimonial Act and the 2014 Marriage Act and amend the 2016 Legal Aid Act to guarantee women legal equality.

Genevieve CabadasNovember 3, 2021Kenya, women’s rights, international human rights law, Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, marriage rights, family law, gender equality, property rights, Maputo Protocol, divorce

Current Events | Supreme Court (In)action on Texas’s S.B. 8: The Growing Vulnerability of Abortion Rights

Last month, plaintiffs in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson filed an emergency request to block Texas’s new law prohibiting nearly all abortions. [1] On September 1, the Supreme Court denied their request, allowing the nation’s most restrictive abortion law to go into effect. To fully grasp this case’s significance, it is necessary to examine the content of the Court’s decision, the dissents, and the key legal questions that the judgment leaves behind.

Isabel CoberlySeptember 23, 2021abortion rights, Roe v. Wade, Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, shadow docket, Texas, U.S. Constitutional Law, women’s rights, U.S. Supreme Court, S.B. 8