Dr Ramona Vijeyarasa is a legal academic and women’s rights activist. An Associate Professor and Juris Doctor Program Head in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney, Ramona is best known for creating the Gender Legislative Index (GLI). The GLI measures how well domestic law works for women when assessed against international standards and was instrumental in Tasmanian Parliament’s establishment of a Gender and Equality Audit Committee. Ramona’s latest research focuses on new approaches to bringing a gender perspective to legislation, from paid workplace leave for victims of violence through to the gendered experiences of modern slavery and the gendered harms of artificial intelligence. An award-winning scholar, Ramona has advised the CEDAW Committee, the Australian government, domestic and international NGOs and inter-governmental organisations on a range of women’s rights issues, following a decade of experience working in civil society as a women’s rights activist before joining UTS. She is author of two monographs (OUP & Routledge) and over 40 journal articles on women’s rights.

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