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In this episode of the Law Review Online’s podcast, See generally, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor Rangita de Silva de Alwis joins Magali and Kristen to discuss international women’s rights and her pathway to academia. Professor de Silva de Alwis described her early, formative experiences in Sri Lanka, her mentors at Harvard Law School including Martha Minow, and her work with Hillary Clinton at Wellesley College. She explains her work as a Global Advisor to the UN Sustainable Development Fund, as well as her experience as the inaugural director of the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative and the Women in Public Service Project. She also discussed the “Black Women Future Lawyers“ report Magali and Dana Dyer developed in her class in 2020 and Simone Hunter’s 2021 report “Black Women Leaders’ Health Silently Suffering: A Call to Change the Legal Culture.” From AI and bias to Afghan women’s leadership in the wake of the Taliban take-over, Professor de Silva de Alwis’ doesn’t shy away from critical global topics in her classes and work. In particular, she emphasized the importance of the CEDAW–the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women–for addressing gender and social inequalities domestically and abroad. Finally, she shared her research methodology and approach towards writing her recent piece, “A Roadmap to Revising Ethiopia’s Gender Discriminatory Laws: A Comparative Analysis.“
Interview by Magali Duque, Online Managing Editor, Vol. 170, University of Pennsylvania Law Review and Kristen Marino, Media Editor, Vol. 171, University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Produced and edited by Magali Duque, Online Managing Editor, Vol. 170, University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Cover Art by Emily Horwitz, Online Executive Editor, Vol. 170, University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Cite as: See generally, A Conversation with Penn Law Professor Rangita de Silva de Alwis, U. Pa. L. Rev. (Mar. 31, 2022), https://anchor.fm/see-generally-podcast.
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