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Renowed country experts on African politics address the important issue of the increasing number and role of women judges and justices, as judiciaries evolve across the continent that spans a range of colonial experiences, postcolonial trajectories and legal systems.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword
Judge Mabel Agyemang 1. Gender and the Judiciary in Africa-An Introduction
Josephine Dawuni 2. Egypt: The Lingering Battle for Female Judgeship
Mahmoud Hamad 3. Botswana: Delayed Indigenization and Feminization of the Judiciary
Gretchen Bauer and Rachel Ellett 4. South Africa: a Transformative Constitution and a Representative Judiciary
Cathi Albertyn and Elsje Bonthuys 5. Nigeria: Women Judges Enhancing the Judiciary
Hauwa Ibrahim 6. Tunisia: A New Constitution and More Women Judges
Salsabil Klibi 7. Tanzania: Women Judges as Agents of Judicial Education
Mi Yung Yoon 8. Benin: Women Judges Promoting Women's Rights
Alice Kang 9. Ghana: the Paradox of Judicial Stagnation
Josephine Dawuni 10. Rwanda: Balancing Gender Quotas and an Independent Judiciary
Jean-Marie Kamatali 11. Gender and the Judiciary in Africa: Conclusion
Gretchen Bauer
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Gretchen Bauer is professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware, USA. Her current research focuses on women’s political leadership in sub-Saharan Africa. She is the co-editor with Manon Tremblay of Women in Executive Power: A Global Overview (2011) and with Hannah Britton of Women in African Parliaments (2006).
Josephine Dawuni is an assistant professor of political science at Howard University. Her current research focuses on women and the judiciary in sub-Saharan Africa.
Zusammenfassung
Renowed country experts on African politics address the important issue of the increasing number and role of women judges and justices, as judiciaries evolve across the continent that spans a range of colonial experiences, postcolonial trajectories and legal systems.
