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Intersectionality and Women’s Access to Justice in Africa

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Intersectionality and Women's Access to Justice, edited by J. Jarpa Dawuni, propounds layered intersectionality as a paradigm for examining how gendered factors affect women's access to justice, whether as judges or litigants. Through intersectional and decolonial frameworks, the contributors analyze the lived experiences of women and their access to justice by situating the courtroom as both a spatial and a temporal arena for seeking justice (as litigants) and for seeking access to the bench (as judges). This book examines patterns of mutually reinforcing discriminatory practices that women share based on common gender identities and depending on which identities are at play at a given point in time in both traditional and statutory courts. The book provides recommendations for various justice sector providers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-10-28
Mått158 x 237 x 31 mm
Vikt767 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieGender and Sexuality in Africa and the Diaspora
Antal sidor440
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
MedarbetareJulia Sebutinde
ISBN9781793632678

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ContentsForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Layered Intersectionality and Framing Feminist Legal Discourse on Access to Justice for WomenJ. Jarpa DawuniPart One: Women and Access to the BenchChapter 2: Status of Women Judges in Algeria: Achievements and Pathways for the FutureSamia BouroubaChapter 3: Opening the Door for Women in the Cape Verdean JudiciaryJustice Vera DuarteChapter 4: Women Judges in EthiopiaMaame Efua Addadzi-Koom and Biruh Gemeda GageChapter 5: Battle for Women in the Egyptian Judiciary: Reality, Laws, and Aspirations or a Dream Come True?Omnia Taher GadallaChapter 6: Making Gains for Women’s Rights: Using Gender Quotas to Achieve Gender Equality in the Composition of the Supreme Court of Kenya.Annerita Murungi and Agnes Meroka-MutuaChapter 7: “Your Whole Life is an Interview to Get to the Bench:” Gender and Judicial Appointments in MalawiRachel EllettChapter 8: Gender Transformation of the Judiciary in South AfricaJustice Constance Ba

A truly significant publication that engages with critical questions of how intersectional categories impede women’s access to justice in Africa. The book is timely, coming at a point when women in Africa are increasingly taking up leading positions in society and interacting extensively with the law, not only as litigants but also as members and leaders of the judiciary, an all-important institution. This work is a must-read for the judiciary, advocates for women’s access to justice, and the legal profession as a whole.