Sexual and reproductive health and rights, Sex work, Human rights law, Gender, Intersectionality

PhD Supervision
Nkemdilim Agu - The Relevance of Indigenous Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Contemporary Southern Nigeria: Umuneke-Agbaja, Enugu State as a case study (current)


LLM/MA & UG Dissertation Supervision

Current

• Misogyny as a Hate Crime
• "You can't tell on me, can you, Sarie?" Apathy as Hostility in Hate Crime Legislation

Previous

• Women's Rights Violations During War: A Case Study of the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Are you exempt? An in-depth analysis of rape and marital rape in the Sexual Offences Act 2003
• A critical analysis of law of consent in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and whether it negatively affects female victims in coercion cases?
• Legislation about male and female rape, and how they differ
• Should the category of sex be introduced as a protected characteristic under hate crime legislation?
• The employment of restorative justice in rape cases in Thailand 

Conferences/Presentations

Led to organise a successful interdisciplinary workshop on 'Sexuality, sexual reproductive health rights, and the law' held on 15th March 2016, hosted by the Center for Cultures, Reproduction, Technology and Health, University of Sussex.

Presented a paper on 'Sexual and reproductive health and rights of sex workers in Kenya' at the CORTH's Sexuality, sexual reproductive health rights, and the law workshop on 15th March 2016, University of Sussex.

Presented a paper on 'The role of the rights based approach in advancing sexual and reproductive health of sex workers: An overview of Kenya' at the 2nd African Conference on key populations in the HIV epidemic held on 16th to 18th December 2015 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Co-presented a paper with Dr Verona Ni Drisceoil on 'FGM, mandatory reporting and the complexity of culture: Comparative perspectives' at Sussex Centre on Gender Studies on 9th April 2015, University of Sussex.

Presented on 'Sex Work and Human Rights in Kenya' at Widening Participation Programme, University of Sussex, 2014 and 2015

Presented a paper on 'Matrimonial Property Act and the reality in Kenya' at the NGender Conference on 14th May 2014, University of Sussex.

Presented a paper on 'Making emergency contraception accessible to adolescents in Africa: A human rights approach' at the Colloquium on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa on 23rd October 2011 in Bloemfontein (University of the Free State), South Africa.