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Clinic Releases Report on Causes, Conditions, and Consequences of Women in Prison in Argentina

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Argentine Drug Policy Disproportionately Affects Women
Cornell University Law School, University of Chicago Law School, and Argentine Public Defender’s Office
May 14, 2013

Women and their families are disproportionately affected by the harsh penalties imposed for low-level drug offences in Argentina, according to a report by the Cornell Law School’s Avon Global Center for Women and Justice and International Human Rights Clinic, University of Chicago Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, and the Public Defender’s Office in Argentina.

Faculty: 
Sital Kalantry

Kalantry Discusses Women in Argentine Prisons on WBEZ's Worldview

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Mexico's drug war moves to Argentina
WBEZ
Worldview
May 13, 2013

Argentina is a new frontier in Mexico's drug wars.  As a result more and more people are being imprisoned.  A new report finds that in recent years the number of women in prison has increased.  The population of female prisoners in Argentina's federal prisons has expanded nearly 200 percent in the past two decades, "a much higher rate than the increase in the number of incarce

Read more at: 

http://www.wbez.org/programs/worldview/2013-05-13/worldview-argentinas-d...

Faculty: 
Sital Kalantry

International Human Rights Clinic Seeking Fellow

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May 9, 2013

The University of Chicago Law School is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time position training and supervising law students as a Fellow, appointed with the rank of Lecturer, in the Law School’s International Human Rights (IHR) Clinic. The position will begin June 1, 2013, or later. The appointment is for one year, but reappointment for a second term is also possible.

Kalantry Discusses New Documentary "It's a Girl"

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It’s a Trick
Sital Kalantry
Slate.com
May 6, 2013

Pro-choice groups love this movie. Its director worked for a pro-life ministry. How did that happen?

Read more at: 

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/05/it_s_a_girl_a_pro...

Faculty: 
Sital Kalantry

Women in Prison: Causes, Conditions, and Consequences Around the World (Panel Discussion and Report Launch)

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Date: 
05.14.2013
Location: 
Room III
Contact info (email or phone): 

skalantry@uchicago.edu

There has been an increase in the rate of women’s imprisonment in many countries around the world.  Yet many countries fail to adequately address the unique issues raised when women are deprived of their liberty.  The panelists will discuss the causes of the increase in rates of imprisonment, including the global war on drugs and drug use.  They will also address the conditions o

Faculty: 
Sital Kalantry

"Violence Against Women Around the World: Trends, Challenges, and Solutions" by Professor Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences

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Date: 
05.14.2013
Location: 
Weymouth Kirkland Courtroom, University of Chicago Law School

Based on media reports, it appears that sexual violence against women is increasing around the world, particularly in India and Egypt.   Are the rates increasing or just the reporting of the crimes?  Governments and advocates around the world have been working on eradicating gender-based violence, including domestic violence and violence in prisons, for decades.  What are th

Faculty: 
Sital Kalantry
Faculty: 
Martha Nussbaum

Sital Kalantry on Reforming Sexual Violence Laws in India

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Protection (from rape) or Freedom (to have sex)?
Sital Kalantry
IntLawGrrls
March 13, 2013

The debate in India surrounding  reforms to the sexual violence laws are a reflection of the changing mores in Indian society.

Read more at: 

http://ilg2.org/2013/03/13/protection-from-rape-or-freedom-to-have-sex/

Faculty: 
Sital Kalantry

Kalantry on Women in Argentine Prisons

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“The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase Full of Trouble”
Sital Kalantry
IntLawGrrls
March 11, 2013

An article appeared in the New York Times Magazine yesterday about a physics professor who claims he was duped into unknowingly transporting cocaine from Argentina by a bikini model he met over the Internet.

Read more at: 

http://ilg2.org/2013/03/11/the-professor-the-bikini-model-and-the-suitca...

Faculty: 
Sital Kalantry

Kane Center Clinics Hiring for Summer 2013

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2013 Summer Jobs in the Kane Center Clinics
Law School Office of Communications
January 8, 2013

In summer 2013 the clinical law program plans to hire a number of law students to work in the various clinics in the Kane Center.  Positions will be open for the following clinics:

Faculty: 
Jeff Leslie

Sital Kalantry

Clinical Professor of Law

Sital Kalantry is a Clinical Professor at the University of Chicago Law School where she founded and is director of the International Human Rights Clinic.  Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Chicago, she was director and founder of the Cornell International Human Rights Clinic and the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice.

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