Amy 
BARROW

 
Macquarie Law School 
Visiting Scholar

Dr Amy Barrow is Associate Professor at Macquarie Law School where she teaches International Human Rights Law, and an executive committee member of the Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre. She holds an LLB (Hons.) from Lancaster University, an LLM (Human Rights Law) from SOAS, University of London, and a PhD from Manchester University.

Amy’s scholarship engages with law and social change in Hong Kong and other jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific; legal and policy responses to discrimination; and the role of institutional mechanisms in advancing gender equality. Her current research examines how workplace equality laws are translated into practice across the Asia-Pacific region.

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In Residence

12 November 2024 to 27 November 2024

Dr Amy Barrow is Associate Professor at Macquarie Law School where she teaches International Human Rights Law, and an executive committee member of the Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre. She holds an LLB (Hons.) from Lancaster University, an LLM (Human Rights Law) from SOAS, University of London, and a PhD from Manchester University.

Amy’s scholarship engages with law and social change in Hong Kong and other jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific; legal and policy responses to discrimination; and the role of institutional mechanisms in advancing gender equality. Her current research examines how workplace equality laws are translated into practice across the Asia-Pacific region.

Amy’s research has been published in high-level, policy-relevant research studies commissioned by Hong Kong’s Equal Opportunities Commission and in journals including Asian Journal of Comparative Law; International Journal of Law in Context; International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family; and Law & Social Inquiry.

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