” My influence as a young woman, and subsequently, has come from being curious, seeking knowledge, full of ideas that were solutions-oriented, and having the confidence to speak. My dominant characteristic is a sense of accountability; that we must act if things are going to change for the better.”
Susan Harris Rimmer is Associate Professor , Griffith University Law School, Australia
“I realized that I could really make a (maybe small, but still) change”
Sara De Vido is assistant professor of international law at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, and affiliate to the Manchester International Law Centre, UK, where she co-founded the Women in International Law Network (WILNET). She wrote a book on the Istanbul Convention in 2016 (Donne, violenza e diritto internazionale), and several articles on the Convention and the impact of its ratification by the EU.
“I have the honour of teaching the new generations of lawyers and I think they are extraordinary. Despite threats to global world order and general destabilisation, I am very hopeful for the future of women in international law”
Danielle Ireland Piper is Associate Professor of International and Comparative Constitutional Law at Bond University, Australia.
March 8, 2019
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