Sammendrag
Women are entering courts as judges in increasing numbers all over the world. This is also true in post-conflict and transitioning countries. Judges are influential decision-makers and decide on a wide range of issues across public and private life that have concrete impact on individuals and society. Yet we know very little about women judges in fragile contexts with regards to how women become judges; the nature of the obstacles they encounter; how they experience their role as judges, their prospects for career progression, and social expectations around what women judges should deliver through their rulings.
On International Women’s Day, we will discuss issues related to gender, power and judging in fragile and conflict-affected contexts based on insights from the research project “Women on the Bench – The Role of Women Judges in Fragile States”, focusing on findings from Afghanistan, Uganda, Angola, Guatemala, and Haiti. Elin Skaar (CMI/LawTransform), Pilar Domingo (Overseas Development Institute/LawTransform), Torunn Wimpelmann (CMI), Marianne Tøraasen (CMI/LawTransform) in conversation with Siri Gloppen (UiB/LawTransform).
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