In March, Professor Zanita Fenton will be speaking to members of the Public Ministry of Sao Paulo Ministry regarding domestic violence and stereotypes for their "1º Gender Equality International Congress" March 8, at 10 a.m. (Sao Paolo Time). The meeting partners with the prosecutor group Associação Paulista do Ministério Público and other law and academic institutions.
The group asked Fenton to speak about her article, Domestic Violence In Black and White: Racialized Gender Stereotypes In Gender Violence, 8 Colum. J. Gender & L. 1(1998). While the article addresses raced and gendered stereotypes as relevant in understanding the perpetuation of violence and responses to it in a U.S. context, Fenton says the work has resonance in other countries and cultures. "This is not the first time I've been contacted about the insights in this article as relevant for international audiences," she said.
Also, in March, the University of Michigan Law School chapter of the National Lawyers Guild has invited Fenton to discuss torts using a critical lens. The invitation was prompted by her scholarship at the intersection of law, gender, race, and structural inequality, especially her tort law opinion in the Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tort Opinions volume.
Fenton spoke, in December, to the local chapter of the International Women's Forum, an invitation-only network of women leaders across every professional sector. The IWF operates to support its members and their common mission of advancing women's leadership and championing equality worldwide.
Fenton discussed the origins and applicability of Critical Race Theory to further understanding in an era where such theoretical approaches are under attack. Afterward, the group wrote how they "really appreciated learning about the beginnings of Critical Race Theory and how it evolved over the years. You gave us a great framework upon which to understand CRT, and one which many, if not most, of us, had not heard or understood before."
