Intersectionalities of Gender Violence: Legal Remedies: Editorial

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  • Julie Goldscheid CUNY School of Law

Keywords:

Gender violence, legal remedies, law, intersectionalities, Violencia de género, remedies legales, derecho, interseccionalidades

Abstract

Critiques of legal remedies’ capacity adequately to address the intersectional nature of gender violence lie at the heart of both theoretical and practical discourse. Concern about remedies complements the important literature detailing the narrative experiences of those who experience violence grounded in multiple intersections of identity. This is an introduction to a set of papers that represent highlights from the conference entitled “International Congress on Gender Violence: Intersectionalities”. The papers address approaches to legal remedies that take into account the intersectional nature of gender violence.

Las críticas a la capacidad de los remedies legales para abordar la naturaleza interseccional de la violencia de género están en el centro del discurso teórico y práctico. La preocupación sobre los remedios complementa la importante literatura que detalla las experiencias narrativas de las personas que experimentan violencia alojada en múltiples intersecciones de identidad. Esta es una introducción a artículos representativos del Congreso Internacional sobre Violencia de Género: Intersecciones. Los artículos abordan un acercamiento a los remedios legales que tienen en cuenta la naturaleza interseccional de la violencia de género.

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Author Biography

Julie Goldscheid, CUNY School of Law

Julie Goldscheid is a Professor of Law at CUNY School of Law, where she teaches subjects including contracts, civil procedure, lawyering, and gender equality. She writes and speaks widely about gender equality, with a particular focus on gender-based violence and economic equality. Before joining the CUNY faculty, she held positions including senior staff attorney and acting legal director at Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund). She spearheaded that organization's legal work to end violence against women, which included defending the constitutionality of the civil rights remedy of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act in courts nationwide, and before the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Morrison. She subsequently served as General Counsel of Safe Horizon, a leading victim assistance, advocacy, and violence prevention organization, where she oversaw its direct service, policy, and governance matters. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Stonewall Community Foundation and other NGO's, and has been active in bar association committees and task forces.

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Published

30-12-2015

How to Cite

Goldscheid, J. (2015) “Intersectionalities of Gender Violence: Legal Remedies: Editorial”, Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 5(6), pp. 1509–1511. Available at: https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/731 (Accessed: 22 December 2024).

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Legal Remedies for Gender Violence