Global Intersectionality and Contemporary Human Rights

Johanna Bond is the Sydney and Francis Lewis Professor of Law at Washington and Lee. She also served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2016-19. In 2001, she was selected as a Senior Fulbright Scholar and travelled to Uganda and Tanzania to conduct research that later resulted in her edited book, Voices of African Women: Women's Rights in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania. Previously, Bond was an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Wyoming and a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center for several years. She served as the Executive Director of the Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program, a non-profit organization housed at Georgetown. Before beginning her teaching career, Bond was a law clerk for the Honorable Ann D. Montgomery, US District Court, District of Minnesota from 1997-98. Bond holds a B.A. from Colorado College, a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School, and an LL.M from Georgetown University Law Center.

• Introduction 1: Foundations of Intersectionality Theory 2: Global Application of Intersectionality Theory 3: Evolution of Intersectionality in the UN Treaty Bodies 4: Intersectionality and Human Rights within Regional Human Rights Systems 5: Intersectionality in Treaty Body Decisions 6: Intersectionality in the State Reporting Process 7: Putting Intersectionality to Work: Nongovernmental Organizations 8: Strategies for Reform: Facilitating Intersectionality in Human Rights Advocacy Conclusion