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Jurisprudence of
Equality Program | Other Notable
Programs | International
Conferences
Worldwide Objectives
- Advancing women's rights to equal justice
- Promoting women's access to the courts
- Increasing the number of women judges at all
levels
- Organizing and strengthening women judges
associations
- Developing judicial leadership
- Conducting legal research on gender equality and
human rights
- Exchanging information on issues of critical
concern to women
- Uprooting gender bias from judicial systems
Worldwide Achievements
- Encouraging application of human rights law to
domestic courts
- Conducting judicial training on women's human
rights throughout the world
- Research on gender and the law
- Sponsoring international conferences
- Promoting ratification of and monitoring
compliance with international and regional human
rights conventions
- Facilitating global communication on gender
justice issues
- Fostering judicial exchange visits
- Protecting judicial independence
- Honoring significant contributors to women's
rights
- Collaborating with other institutions on
international justice and women's issues
- Issuing a semiannual newsletter in English,
Spanish, and French
- Maintaining a membership directory; creating a
global database of women judges
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