The Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School works with judges, legal professionals, governmental and non-governmental organizations worldwide to improve access to justice and eliminate violence against women and girls. For more information, visit www.womenandjustice.org.

The Dorothea S. Clarke Program in Feminist Jurisprudence brings legal scholars to Cornell Law School who specialize in women’s issues in the law. The Program is made possible through the kind generosity of Dorothea S. Clarke and her husband, Jack G. Clarke. Dr. Cynthia Grant Bowman serves as the current Dorothea S. Clarke Professor of Law.

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Submissions from 2014

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Handbook on Juvenile Law in Zambia, Center for Law and Justice (Zambia), Cornell Law School. Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, and Cornell Law School. International Human Rights Clinic

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Sexual Violence by Educators in South African Schools: Gaps in Accountability, University of the Witwatersrand. Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Cornell Law School. Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, and Cornell Law School. International Human Rights Clinic

Submissions from 2013

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Women in Prison in Argentina: Causes, Conditions, and Consequences, Cornell Law School. Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, Defensoría General de la Nación (Argentina), and University of Chicago. Law School. International Human Rights Clinic

Submissions from 2012

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The Legal Revolution in American Women’s Rights—and the Problems that Remain, Sonia Pressman Fuentes

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"They are Destroying our Futures": Sexual Violence Against Girls in Zambia's Schools, Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust-Zambia, Cornell Law School. Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, and Cornell Law School. International Human Rights Clinic

Submissions from 2011

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Combating Acid Violence in Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia, Sital Kalantry and Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum

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From Protection to Punishment: Post-Conviction Barriers to Justice for Domestic Violence Survivor-Defendants in New York State, Tamar Kraft-Stolar, Elizabeth Brundige, Sital Kalantry, Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School, and Women in Prison Project (Correctional Association of New York)

Submissions from 2009

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The Beginning of the Second Wave of the Women's Movement and Where We Are Today: a Personal Account, Sonia Pressman Fuentes