The “Core Rights” Framework for Women’s Advancement: Spotlight on LMU Associate Professor Feryal Cherif

To honor the beginning of Women’s History Month this March, I recently interviewed Feryal Cherif, Ph.D., LMU associate professor of political science and international relations and director of the LMU International Relations Program. Her book, “Myths about Women’s Rights: How, Where, and Why Rights Advance” (2015), outlines a “core framework” on women’s rights. We explore Cherif’s framework of “core rights” and how women’s rights and interests shift over time, discussing recent examples. Cherif also discusses the processes necessary for women to advocate successfully for further opportunities today, and shares her “dream project” as she looks toward future research.