Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific

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Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific

By Melissa Crouch
Cambridge University Press October 2021

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ISBN-13
9781316518328
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
October 2021
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Courts can play an important role in addressing issues of inequality, discrimination and gender injustice for women. The feminisation of the judiciary – both in its thin meaning of women's entrance into the profession, as well as its thicker forms of realising gender justice – is a core part of the agenda for gender equality. This volume acknowledges both the diversity of meanings of the feminisation of the judiciary, as well as the complexity of the social and cultural realisation of gender equality. Containing original empirical studies, this book demonstrates the past and present challenges women face to entering the judiciary and progressing their career, as well as when and why they advocate for women's issues while on the bench. From stories of pioneering women to sector-wide institutional studies of the gender composition of the judiciary, this book reflects on the feminisation of the judiciary in the Asia-Pacific.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of abbreviations
1. The feminisation of the judiciary in the Asia-Pacific
Melissa Crouch and Natasha Naidu
2. To join the bench and be decision-makers: Women judges in Pacific islands judiciaries
Anna Dziedzic
3. Women, adjudication and judging in Sri Lanka
Dinesha Samararatne
4. Women in the judiciary in Thailand
Sarah Bishop
5. The promise and paradox of women judges in the judiciary in Indonesia
Melissa Crouch
6. Filipino women judges and their role in advancing judicial independence in the Philippines
Imelda Deinla
7. One decade of female judges in the Malaysian Shariah judiciary: Promises to keep and miles to go
Kerstin Steiner
8. Examining women in the Nepalese judiciary through the lens of mobility
Subas Dhakal, Justice Gauri Dhakal and Justice Sharada Shrestha
9. Feminising the Indian judiciary: The gender gap and the possibilities of objectivity
Simashree Bora
10. Concluding remarks
Ulrike Schultz
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