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Women and the judiciary in the Asia-Pacific / edited by Melissa Crouch, University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021Description: xx, 319 pages 22 cmContent type:
  • text
ISBN:
  • 9781108999878
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Women and the judiciary in the Asia-PacificDDC classification:
  • 347.5 23
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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BOOKs NLS General Stacks 347.5 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PB Available Recommended by Dr. Atreyee Majumder for DASRA Project 39864

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"-- Provided by publisher.