Women in International Law Vol. 5

Women in International Law Vol. 5

Image by Polina Kulish (concept, embroidery) & Daniel S. Penagos Molina (edit).

The annual ‘Women in International Law’ symposium hosts blogposts, interviews, and/or podcasts on topics relating to women’s rights, feminist approaches to international law, and the struggles of women in international legal academia. This year, the symposium will focus on non/motherhood and international law, and will feature contributions exploring the impact of international law on the protection of non/motherhood, as well as the impact of motherhood on the shaping of international law and on knowledge production. The symposium will also feature a podcast episode with Tania Ixchel Atilano, Michelle Staggs Kelsall, and Joyce De Coninck on motherhood and modern international legal academia.

#54 Publish, Parent, Perish? Making Space for Mothers in Legal Academia

08.03.2026

Joyce De Coninck Michelle Staggs Kelsall Tania Ixchel Atilano Sissy Katsoni Polina Kulish Céline Chausse Rishiti Choudaha

Women in International Law Vol. 5

#54 Publish, Parent, Perish? Making Space for Mothers in Legal Academia

Womanhood, International Law, and the Global South

P is for Parents, P is for Politics

Motherhood as an Amplifier of Inequalities in International Legal Academia

Care as Legal Knowledge

Mothers of Acari

Redefining Family?

‘I’m… Your… Mother’

Motherhood and Laws of Social Reproduction

When Protection Becomes Persecution

Why the Context of Childbirth Matters for Human Rights Law

Non/Motherhood and Reproductive Violence in International Criminal Law

Mothers and Others?

When “Consent” Becomes Control

Girls, Forced Pregnancy, and the Right to Non-Motherhood under International Human Rights Law

Motherhood as the Norm; Non-Motherhood, Conditions Apply

‘Women Are Mothers’ as the Worst Stereotype of All

Introducing the Fifth Annual ‘Women in International Law’ Symposium