Concluding remarks / Ulrike Schultz. 'To join the bench and be decision-makers' : women judges in Pacific Island judiciaries / Anna Dziedzic -- Reframing feminist imperatives in adjudication through a reading of Sri Lankan jurisprudence / Dinesha Samararatne -- Women in the Thai judiciary : obstacles and challenges / Sarah Bishop -- The promise and paradox of women judges in the judiciary in Indonesia / Melissa Crouch -- Filipino women judges and their role in advancing judicial independence in the Philippines / Imelda Deinla -- One decade of female judges in the Malaysian Shariah judiciary : promises to keep and miles to go / Kerstin Steiner -- Gender on the bench matters for sustainable development : examining women in the judiciary of Nepal through the lens of mobility / Subas P. Dhakal, Sharada Shrestha and Gauri Dhakal -- Feminising the Indian judiciary : the gender gap and the possibilities of objectivity / Simashree Bora -- Concluding remarks / Ulrike Schultz.
Summary:
"In 2018, Senior Advocate Indira Jaising appeared before the Supreme Court of India on behalf of petitioners to challenge a ban against women between the ages of ten and fifty (the ages of menstruation) entering the Sabarimala temple as unconstitutional (Jain 2019). The Sabarimala temple in Kerala is a site of worship for the Hindu deity Lord Ayyappa and attracts millions of pilgrims each year, making it one of the world's largest sites of annual pilgrimage"-- Provided by publisher.
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