Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific

Herausgeber: Crouch, Melissa

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Produktbeschreibung

The courts can play a role in addressing issues of inequality, discrimination and gender injustice for women. The feminisation of the judiciary is a key part of the agenda for gender equality. This volume expands our understanding of the contribution of women judges in courts across the Asia-Pacific.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9781316518328
• ISBN-10: 1316518329
• Artikelnr.: 62213151

Inhaltsangabe

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.