Women and the judiciary in the Asia-Pacific / edited by Melissa Crouch.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

1st edition

199804

Women judges -- Asia.

Women judges -- Pacific Area.

Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- Asia.

Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- Pacific Area.

Women -- Legal status, laws etc. -- Asia.

Women -- Legal status, laws etc. -- Pacific Area.

1. The feminisation of the judiciary in the Asia-Pacific: the challenges of formal and substantive equality

2. To join the bench and be decision-makers: women judges in Pacific Islands judiciaries

3. Reframing feminist imperatives in adjudication through a reading of Sri Lankan jurisprudence

4. Women in the Thai judiciary: obstacles and challenges

5. The promise and paradox of women judges in the judiciary in Indonesia

6. Filipino women judges and their role in advancing judicial independence in the Philippines

7. One decade of female judges in the Malaysian Shariah judiciary: promises to keep and miles to go

8. Gender on the bench matters for sustainable development: examining women in the judiciary of Nepal through the lens of motility

9. Feminising the Indian judiciary: the gender gap and the possibilities of objectivity

10. Concluding remarks.

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. Offers the first examination of the feminisation of the judiciary in the Asia-Pacific; Analyses the challenges and opportunities facing women judges in the Asia-Pacific; Offers new empirical studies to inform debates on when, if and how women make a difference in the judiciary. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781316518328

xx, 319 pages : tables, charts ; 24 cm