Gender, Judging and the Courts in Africa (eBook, PDF)

Selected Studies
Redaktion: Dawuni, J. Jarpa

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a timely and broad-ranging assessment of gender and judging in African judiciaries. It will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners of African law, judicial politics, judicial training, and gender studies, and donor institutions financing gender sensitive judicial reform programs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000473308
• Artikelnr.: 62597922

Autorenporträt

J. Jarpa Dawuni is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University, USA 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).　

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Gender and judging across Africa: A case of old wine in
new skins or new wine in old skins? PART I: Women and gender-related
jurisprudence in the courts 2. An analysis of gender equality jurisprudence
by Kenyan courts since the enactment of the 2010 constitution 3. To win
both the battle and the war: Judicial determination of property rights of
spouses in Ghana 4. "Judging" lesbians: Prospects for advancing lesbian
rights protection through the courts in Nigeria PART II: Emerging gender
issues in the courts 5. Femicide and judging: Social media as an
alternative online court in Kenya 6. Judging beyond gender: Maternal and
infant mortality as an emerging gender-related issue in Ugandan courts 7.
Revenge pornography as a form of sexual and gender-based violence in Ghana:
Emerging judicial issues 8. Litigating gender discrimination cases before
the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice and the African Court on Human and
Peoples' Rights PART III: Judicial appointments and gender representation
in regional bodies and national courts 9. The feminine face of the African
Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 10. Pursuing gender equality
through the courts: The role of South Africa's women judges 11. One sauce
for the goose, another for the gander: Zambian women judges and perceptions
of illegitimacy PART IV: Judicial training and gender 12. Unlocking gender
inequality through judicial training: Insights from Tanzania 13. Gender
awareness training in Judicial Training Institutes in Kenya and Uganda
PART V: COVID-19 pandemic and gender-related judicial issues 14. The
COVID-19 pandemic, courts, and the justice system 15. Sexual and
gender-based violence in Uganda during the COVID19 pandemic: New and old
lessons for the criminal justice system