"Frontiers of Gender Equality is required reading for those wanting to learn about the evolution of gender equality law and where additional analysis is warranted to secure the democratic ideals of gender equality."—from the Foreword by Cecilia Medina Quiroga, Former Judge, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and former member and Chair, the UN Human Rights Committee
Frontiers of Gender Equality: Transnational Legal Perspectives (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023) is a volume edited by Professor Emerita Rebecca J. Cook, introducing "new and different discourses about the wrongs of gender discrimination and to explain the multiple dimensions of gender equality."
U of T Law alumni contributors include Daniel Del Gobbo (SJD 2021), an incoming assistant professor at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law, "Queer Rights Talk: The Rhetoric of Equality Rights for LGBTQ+ Peoples"; Joanna Erdman (JD 2004), Professor of Law and MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, "Gender Equality in Health Care: Re-envisioning CEDAW General Recommendation 24"; and Faculty of Law Professor Sophia Moreau (JD 2002), "Faces of Gender Inequality."
University of Toronto contributors include Marieme Lo, an associate professor in Women and Gender Studies and African Studies, and director of the African Studies Program; Faculty of Law Professor Mariana Mota Prado; and Cheryl Suzack (Batchewana First Nations) an associate professor in the Department of English, with cross-appointments to the Aboriginal Studies Program and Faculty of Law.
In addition, three contributors have also taught intensive courses at U of T Law: Shreya Atrey (University of Oxford, Faculty of Law); Charles Ngwena (Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria) and Francisca Pou (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico City).
Cook is the founder of the International Human Rights Program (IHRP) and co-director of the International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Program, both at U of T Law.
