This 2014 fact sheet illustrates demographic data on women in the law in the South Pacific region. According to the South Pacific Lawyer’s Association (SPLA):
This 2014 fact sheet illustrates demographic data on women in the law in the South Pacific region. According to the South Pacific Lawyer’s Association (SPLA):
Elected in March 2015, Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi of Argentina is the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) first female president. Along with vice presidents Joyce Aluoch and Kuniko Ozaki—from Kenya and Japan respectively—will be responsible read more
Fresh data from the European Commission shows there is an increase in new female graduates. But a lack of women in leadership roles is a continuing problem, says Curt Rice, who leads Norway’s committee on gender balance in research. Read the articleread more
The nomination of four women judges–Judges Zukisa Tshiqi‚ Leona Theron‚ Dhaya Pillay and Nonkosi Mhlantla–for the recently vacated position by Judge Thembile Skweyiya at the Constitutional Court was a huge step in ensuring that gender imbaread more
In an article for Legal Business, global chair of the financial industry group at Reed Smith Tamara Box challenges the notion that women face slippery ladders instead of glass ceiling in the legal industry: For the past ten years or so, a spotlight has read more
According to figures released this morning from the Judicial Office of England and Wales, women are still struggling to reach the upper echelons of the English judiciary — but there are faint signs that the glass ceiling could be cracking. Nearly 38% ofread more
Here’s an interesting fact on regional gender representation in business coming from the Inter-American Dialogue: According to a Latin Business Chronicle analysis, only nine of the top 500 companies in Latin America were run by women in 2012. And alread more
Global campaign seeks to achieve gender parity across international tribunals & other monitoring bodies. Media Advisory Women are underrepresented across almost all international and regional tribunals, and monitoring bodies in charge of making importread more
Gender Equality in International Tribunals and Bodies: an achievable step with global impact This Concept Paper written by Viviana Krsticevic, Executive Director of CEJIL and part of the GQUAL Team, presents the issue that GQUAL aims to address, expands oread more
Current Composition of International Tribunals and Monitoring Bodies GQUAL surveyed a total of 91 international tribunals and monitoring bodies, making a total of 592 positions available. Excerpts of the data covered in Concept Note of the Campaign followread more