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How Can Ordinary Citizens Monitor Judges? With the Gender
Justice Uncovered Awards The latest edition of the Gender Justice Uncovered Awards
starts now. The Awards shine a light on court rulings that affect the lives
of women and girls all over the world, for better (Gavel Awards) or for worse
(Bludgeon Awards). http://www.womenslinkworldwide.org/wlw/sitio/home-nominados-nominaciones-2.php?&idi=en January
20, 2015 – Starting today, people everywhere can get involved in the Gender Justice
Uncovered Awards and bring to light, comment on, and vote for
rulings issued by judges all over the world that either discriminate against
women and girls or protect their rights. “The
Gender Justice Uncovered Awards give people a way to exercise their right to
discuss and monitor the work of judges. Anybody, anywhere can go online to
express an opinion or nominate a court ruling that discriminates against
women and girls or one that protects their rights,” says
Tania Sordo Ruz, Coordinator of the Awards, which are presented annually by
Women’s Link Worldwide. Rulings such as a New Delhi court (India) finding that
forced sex within marriage is not considered rape, or the historic United
States’ Supreme Court Hobby Lobby decision, holding that closely
held for-profit corporations with religious objections are no longer required
to pay for contraceptives under employees’ mandatory healthcare plans, have
already been nominated for a Bludgeon Award. On the other hand, Gavel Award nominees include a decision by a United
Nations Committee holding Spain responsible for its failure to protect a
seven -year-old girl murdered by her father despite the repeated demands of
her mother, a victim of gender-based violence, for the safety of her daughter,
as well as a decision by the Council of State of Colombia requiring
the Army to pay restitution to a woman who was raped by members of the
military. “We encourage anyone who knows of these sorts of court decisions
to make their nominations before April 30. And we encourage everyone else to
comment on the nominated decisions and share them through social media. From
May 11 to 31, everyone can vote for their favorite decisions. The Gavel and
Bludgeon that get the most votes will win the People’s Choice Award for each
category,” explains Sordo. In addition, as in every edition of the Awards, a jury made up
of well-known human rights advocates will give the Gold, Silver, and
Bronze Gavel and Bludgeon Awards to the decisions that they feel deserve
to be held up for praise or censure. This year’s jury will be made up of: Claudia Paz y Paz (Guatemala) Former Attorney General of Guatemala and the first woman to hold
the position. Lead counsel in the case she filed in Guatemala against former
dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, she was also a leading candidate for the 2013
Nobel Peace Prize. Junot Díaz (Dominican Republic) A novelist with a focus on themes relating to gender and
immigration, he received the Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for his novel The Brief
Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Manjula Pradeep (India) Director of Navsarjan, an organization dedicated to advocating
human rights for all, regardless of caste, class or gender. In 2013,
the Joan B. Kroc Institute of the University of San Diego awarded her Women
PeaceMaker. Anyone, anywhere in the world can visit our website to nominate
court rulings or decisions that either protect or roll back the rights of
women and girls. The winning decisions chosen by the jury and the public will
be announced in June. For more information: Spain Cristina Sánchez Velázquez Cell phone: +34 669 464 490 Telephone: +34 91 185 19 04 c.sanchez@womenslinkworldwide.org Colombia Carolina Dueñas Orozco Cell phone: +57 301 550 7330 Telephone: +57 1 257 5491 c.duenas@womenslinkworldwide.org
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