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13 Transnat'l Legal Theory 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/trnsletho13 and id is 1 raw text is: TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL THEORY Routledge 2022, VOL. 13, NO. 1, 1-7 https://doi.org/1 0.1080/20414005.2022.2106869 Taylor&Francis Group Introduction - transnational legal feminism* Farnush Ghadery a and Sital Kalantryb 'Senior Lecturer in Law, London South Bank University, London, UK; Associate Professor of Law, School of Law, Seattle University, Seattle, USA Recent events remind us of the grave extent to which gender inequalities still persist across the world. Whether in the form of the political targeting of LGBTQ+ persons in the United States,' the ongoing oppression of Afghan women by the Taliban,2 the police-sanctioned violence against women from Latin America to the United Kingdom,3 veil bans targeting Muslim women from Switzerland4 and France to India,6 or the ongoing struggle against sexual harassment and violence against women and marginalised genders as brought to public attention by the #MeToo movement.' When examining these injustices, it becomes clear that the 'law' plays a crucial role in perpetuating and reinforcing gender inequalities. As a result, feminist CONTACT Farnush Ghadery ghaderyf@lsbu.ac.uk Farnush Ghadery, School of Law and Social Sciences, London South Bank University, 103 Borough Roadd, London, SE1 OAA, UK *The editors of this special issue are immensely grateful to all the authors for their engaging and thought provoking contributions to mapping the field of 'transnational legal feminism,' to Professor Chandra Talpade Mohanty for sharing her insightful and pioneering work as the keynote speaker of the Transna- tional Legal Feminism Symposium 2021, to Cornell Law School and its India Law Centre and the Law and Social Sciences School at London South Bank University for hosting and enabling us to hold this event, and to the editors of the Transnational Legal Theory Journal for their support throughout this process. 1 See for example Chrissy Stroop, 'Don't Say Gay: Anti-Equality Legislation Spreading State by State in the US' (openDemocracy, 4 March 2022) www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/dont-say-gay-anti- equality-legislation-spreading-state-by-state-in-the-us/ (accessed 5 March 2022). 2 See for example 'International Women's Day 2022: Afghan Women Under the Shadow of the Taliban' (Rukhshana Media, 9 March 2022) https://rukhshana.com/en/international-women-day-2022-afghan- women-under-the-shadow-of-the-taliban (accessed 10 March 2022). 3 See for example Diana Barrero Jaramillo, 'How Latin American Feminists Shifted Global Understanding of Gender-Based Violence' (The Conversation, 5 December 2021) https://theconversation.com/how- latin-american-feminists-shifted-global-understanding-of-gender-based-violence-173121 (accessed 4 January 2022); Damien Gayle, 'Feminist Protesters Set off 1,000 Rape Alarms Outside London Police Station' (The Guardian, 12 March 2022) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/12/feminist- protesters-set-off-1000-alarms-outside-london-police-station (accessed 12 March 2022). 4 Michael Shields, 'Swiss Agree to Outlaw Facial Coverings in burqa Ban Vote' (Reuters, 7 March 2021) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-burqaban-idUSKBN2AZ07N (accessed 4 January 2022). s Elizabeth Pineau, 'French Bill Democratising Sport Moved to National Assembly' (Reuters, 4 March 2022) https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-bill-banning-hijabs-sports-events-moves- national-assembly-2022-02-16/ (accessed 12 March 2022). 6 Rushda Fathima Khan, 'Muslim Girls Wearing Hijab Barred from Classes at Indian College' (Al-Jazeera, 18 January 2022) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022//18/india-karnataka-muslim-college-students- hijab-ban-udupi (accessed 24 January 2022). 7 See for example Farnush Ghadery, 'TMetoo-Has the Sisterhood Finally Become Global or Just Another Product of Neoliberal Feminism?' (2019) 10 Transnational Legal Theory 252. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group