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The Bolch Judicial Institute has named the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) as the 2023 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law in recognition of the organization's remarkable efforts to evacuate, support, and resettle Afghan women judges who, because of their gender and work as judges, have faced persecution and ...
Ayesha A. Malik (Urdu: عائشہ اے ملک; born 3 June 1966) is a Pakistani judge. She is the first female judge of the Supreme Court in the history of Pakistan. On 6 January 2022, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan approved her appointment to the Supreme Court of Pakistan. [1] [2] She took her oath of office on 24 January 2022. [3]
National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) is an American professional organization founded in 1979.Members are lawyers and women judges who are dedicated to preserving judicial independence to women, minorities and other historically disfavored groups while increasing the number and advancement of women judges, and providing judicial education.
International Day of Women Judges holds every March 10 to recognize the contributions of women judges worldwide [1] and is part of global effort to ensuring gender equality and to address gender-related judicial integrity issues. [2] It aims to incorporate women’s representation issues into judicial systems. [3]
The organization was founded to work for the professional rights for women and women's rights and opportunity to study law. [3] It was the first permanent international organization for women lawyers (the very first, the Woman's International Bar Association , was founded in 1888 but short lived).
Pillay garnered international recognition for her work as a judge on the ICTR and caught the attention of the members of the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice during the late 1990s. [29] Impressed by her work, women's advocates wanted to ensure the protection of women's rights during the establishment of the International Criminal Court. [35]
Ruiz is a past president of the National Association of Women Judges., [5] and from 2018 to 2020 served as the President of the International Association of Women Judges. She is also a member of the American Law Institute and serves on the board of trustees for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. [6]
Jiagge was awarded the Grand Medal of Ghana and the Gimbles International Award for Humanitarian Works in 1969. She was named a judge of the Court of Appeal that same year, [1] the highest court in Ghana at the time. She was the first female judge of the Court of Appeal. [10] She was awarded an honorary law degree from the University of Ghana ...