Gender, Judging and the Courts in Africa

This book is a timely and broad-ranging assessment of gender and judging in African judiciaries. It will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners of African law, judicial politics, judicial training, and gender studies, and donor institutions financing gender sensitive judicial reform programs.

1. Introduction: Gender and judging across Africa: A case of old wine in new skins or new wine in old skins? PART I: Women and gender-related jurisprudence in the courts 2. An analysis of gender equality jurisprudence by Kenyan courts since the enactment of the 2010 constitution 3. To win both the battle and the war: Judicial determination of property rights of spouses in Ghana 4. "Judging" lesbians: Prospects for advancing lesbian rights protection through the courts in Nigeria PART II: Emerging gender issues in the courts 5. Femicide and judging: Social media as an alternative online court in Kenya 6. Judging beyond gender: Maternal and infant mortality as an emerging gender-related issue in Ugandan courts 7. Revenge pornography as a form of sexual and gender-based violence in Ghana: Emerging judicial issues 8. Litigating gender discrimination cases before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice and the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights PART III: Judicial appointments and gender representation in regional bodies and national courts 9. The feminine face of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 10. Pursuing gender equality through the courts: The role of South Africa's women judges 11. One sauce for the goose, another for the gander: Zambian women judges and perceptions of illegitimacy PART IV: Judicial training and gender 12. Unlocking gender inequality through judicial training: Insights from Tanzania 13. Gender awareness training in Judicial Training Institutes in Kenya and Uganda PART V: COVID-19 pandemic and gender-related judicial issues 14. The COVID-19 pandemic, courts, and the justice system 15. Sexual and gender-based violence in Uganda during the COVID­19 pandemic: New and old lessons for the criminal justice system