Women and the judiciary in the Asia-Pacific
Women and the judiciary in the Asia-Pacific
Bok · Engelsk · 2022
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| Omfang | xx, 319 sider
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| Opplysninger | The feminisation of the judiciary in the Asia-Pacific / Melissa Crouch and Natasha Naidu -- To Join the Bench and be decision-makers : women judges in Pacific Islands / Anna Dziedzic -- Women, adjudication, and judging in Sri Lanka / Dinesha Samararatne -- Women in the judiciary in Thailand / Sarah Bishop --The promise and paradox of women judges in the judiciary in Indonesia / Melissa Crouch -- Filipino women judges and their role in advancing judicial independence in the Philippines / Imelda Deinla -- One decade of female judges in the Malaysian Shari Judiciary : promises to keep and miles to go / Kerstin Steiner -- Examining women in the Nepalese Judiciary through the lens of mobility / Subas Dhakal, Justice Gauri Dhakal, and Justice Sharada Shrestha --Feminising the Indian judiciary : the gender gap and the possibilities of objectivity / Simashree Bora --Concluding remarks.. - "In 2018, Senior Advocate Indira Jaising appeared before the Supreme Court of India on behalf of petitioners to challenge a ban against women between the ages of ten and fifty (the ages of menstruation) entering the Sabarimala temple as unconstitutional (Jain 2019). The Sabarimala temple in Kerala is a site of worship for the Hindu deity Lord Ayyappa and attracts millions of pilgrims each year, making it one of the world's largest sites of annual pilgrimage"--
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| ISBN | 9781108999878. - 9781316518328
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