Gender, judging, and the courts in Africa : selected studies /
Gender, judging, and the courts in Africa : selected studies /
edited by J. Jarpa Dawuni.
- 1 online resource.
- Routledge studies on gender and sexuality in Africa .
- Routledge studies on gender and sexuality in Africa. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Women judges are playing increasingly prominent roles in many African judiciaries, yet there remains very little comparative research on the subject. Drawing on extensive cross-national data and theoretical and empirical analysis, this book provides a timely and broad-ranging assessment of gender and judging in African judiciaries. Employing different theoretical approaches, the book investigates how women have fared within domestic African judiciaries as both actors and litigants. It explores how women negotiate multiple hierarchies to access the judiciary, and how gender-related issues are handled in courts. The chapters in the book provide policy, theoretical and practical prescriptions to the challenges identified, and offer recommendations for the future directions of gender and judging in the post-COVID-19 era, including the role of technology, artificial intelligence, social media, and institutional transformations that can help promote women's rights. Bringing together specific cases from Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania, and South Africa and regional bodies such as ECOWAS and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, and covering a broad range of thematic reflections, this book will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners of African law, judicial politics, judicial training, and gender studies. It will also be useful to bilateral and multilateral donor institutions financing gender-sensitive judicial reform programs, particularly in Africa.
J. Jarpa Dawuni is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University, United States and the Founding Director of the Howard University Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership. She is the founder and Executive Director of the non-profit organization, the Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL).
9781000473308 1000473309 9780429327865 0429327862 1000473317 9781000473315
10.4324/9780429327865 doi
9780429327865 Taylor & Francis 9781000473315 O'Reilly Media
GBC1F8991 bnb
020335450 Uk
Economic Community of West African States.
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Economic Community of West African States.
Women judges--Africa.
Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation--Africa.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Africa.
Women's rights--Africa.
LAW / Gender & the Law
Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation.
Women judges.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women's rights.
Africa.
Electronic books.
KQC51 / .G465 2021
347.6/014082
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Women judges are playing increasingly prominent roles in many African judiciaries, yet there remains very little comparative research on the subject. Drawing on extensive cross-national data and theoretical and empirical analysis, this book provides a timely and broad-ranging assessment of gender and judging in African judiciaries. Employing different theoretical approaches, the book investigates how women have fared within domestic African judiciaries as both actors and litigants. It explores how women negotiate multiple hierarchies to access the judiciary, and how gender-related issues are handled in courts. The chapters in the book provide policy, theoretical and practical prescriptions to the challenges identified, and offer recommendations for the future directions of gender and judging in the post-COVID-19 era, including the role of technology, artificial intelligence, social media, and institutional transformations that can help promote women's rights. Bringing together specific cases from Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania, and South Africa and regional bodies such as ECOWAS and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, and covering a broad range of thematic reflections, this book will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners of African law, judicial politics, judicial training, and gender studies. It will also be useful to bilateral and multilateral donor institutions financing gender-sensitive judicial reform programs, particularly in Africa.
J. Jarpa Dawuni is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University, United States and the Founding Director of the Howard University Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership. She is the founder and Executive Director of the non-profit organization, the Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL).
9781000473308 1000473309 9780429327865 0429327862 1000473317 9781000473315
10.4324/9780429327865 doi
9780429327865 Taylor & Francis 9781000473315 O'Reilly Media
GBC1F8991 bnb
020335450 Uk
Economic Community of West African States.
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Economic Community of West African States.
Women judges--Africa.
Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation--Africa.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Africa.
Women's rights--Africa.
LAW / Gender & the Law
Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation.
Women judges.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women's rights.
Africa.
Electronic books.
KQC51 / .G465 2021
347.6/014082