International Courts and the African Woman Judge
A sequel to Bauer and Dawunis pioneering study on gender and the judiciary in Africa (Routledge, 2016), International Courts and the African Woman Judge examines questions on gender diversity, representative benches, and international courts by focusing on women judges from the continent of Africa.
Drawing from postcolonial feminism, feminist institutionalism, feminist legal theory, and legal narratives, this book provides fresh and detailed narratives of seven women judges that challenge existing discourse on gender diversity in international courts. It answers important questions about how the politics of judicial appointments, gender, geographic location, class, and professional capital combine to shape the lives of women judges who sit on international courts and argues the need to disaggregate gender diversity with a view to understanding intra-group differences.
International Courts and the African Woman Judge will be of interest to a variety of audiences including governments, policy makers, civil society organizations, students of gender studies, and feminist activists interested in all questions of gender and judging.
Josephine Jarpa Dawuni is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Howard University, Washington D.C. Her areas of research include judicial politics, women and the law, international human rights, and women in the legal professions. She is the editor (with Gretchen Bauer) of Gender and the Judiciary in Africa: From Obscurity to Parity? (Routledge, 2016).
Akua Kuenyehia served as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands from 20032015 and was elected First Vice-President of the ICC. Prior to the ICC, she was Dean, Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana.
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International Courts and the African Woman Judge
Unveiled Narratives
Edited by Josephine Jarpa Dawuni and Akua Kuenyehia
Foreword by
Hon. Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
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Names: Dawuni, Josephine, editor. | Kuenyehia, Akua, editor. | McDonald, Gabrielle Kirk, writer of foreword.
Title: International courts and the African woman judge : unveiled narratives / edited by Josephine Jarpa Dawuni and Akua Kuenyehia ; foreword by Hon. Gabrielle Kirk McDonald.
Description: New York, NY : Routledge, 2018. | Series: Routledge research in gender and politics ; 3 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017038498 (print) | LCCN 2017041491 (ebook) | ISBN 9781315444444 (Master) | ISBN 9781315444437 (WebPDF) | ISBN 9781315444420 (ePub) | ISBN 9781315444413 (Mobipocket/Kindle) | ISBN 9781138215146 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Women judgesAfrica, Sub-Saharan. | International courts. | Women judgesAfrica, Sub-SaharanBiography.
Classification: LCC KQC51 (ebook) | LCC KQC51 I58 2018 (print) | DDC 347.6014082dc23
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ISBN: 978-1-138-21514-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-44444-4 (ebk)
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For Auntie Georgina, for reminding me, in the words of Julian of Norwich, all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well. You have always been an inspiration.
For my sister Jennifer, thank you for being my friend and supporting me through lifes toughest challenges.
Josephine
To my mother, Yaa Labi, who encouraged me to be who I am today and my sister, Vida Okailey Amoateng: you will always be in my heart.
Akua
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Contributors
Kuukuwa Andam is a lawyer, human rights activist, and avid blogger. She is a graduate of Cornell University (LLM) and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (LLB). Kuukuwa is a PhD Candidate and the HR Stuart Ryan Fellow at Queens University. Kuukuwas professional experience includes clerking with the Chief Justice of Ghana, working at Legal Aid Scheme Ghana, managing SSHRC-funded research at Queens University, interning with Bay Area Legal Aid in San Francisco and working as a pro bono country conditions expert in refugee cases in the US and UK.
Rebecca Emiene Badejogbin is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and is presently a Deputy Director of Academics at the Nigeria Law School where she has taught Constitutional Law, Property Law Practice, Civil Procedure, Professional Ethics and Legal Skills since 2001. Rebecca holds two degrees (LLB and LLM (International Law and Diplomacy)) from the University of Jos, Nigeria and a third (LLM (Research) (Public Law)) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa and is now completing doctoral studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She has researched extensively on courts and the judiciary in Nigeria and South Africa, is published in peer-reviewed journals, and is the co-author of Law in Practice, Professional Responsibilities and Lawyering Skills in Nigeria (2014).
Josephine Jarpa Dawuni is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Howard University, Washington D.C. She holds an LLB from the University of Ghana, and qualified as a Barrister-at-Law before the Ghana Superior Courts of Judicature. She holds a Doctorate in Political Science from Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Her primary areas of research include judicial politics, women and the law, international human rights, womens civil society organizing, and democratization. She is the editor (with Gretchen Bauer) of Gender and the Judiciary in Africa: From Obscurity to Parity? (Routledge, 2016). In 2016, she was awarded the prestigious Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship to undertake a project on student mentoring and course redesign at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana. She is the founder and Executive Director of the non-profit Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL) which focuses on enhancing the capacity of women in the legal professions in Africa and the Diaspora through research, training, and advocacy.
