Book launch of Engendering the Philippine Judiciary Dec. 15th with Chief Justice H.Davide, Jr. as keynote speaker

ENGENDERING THE PHILIPPINE JUDICIARY
By:
Rowena V. Guanzon, LLB, MPA
Aurora Javate- de Dios, MA
Theresa Balayaon, BSE
Damcelle Torres, LLB

In 2004, the U.P. Center for Women’s Studies, the U.P. Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. and the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, with the support of the United Nations Development Fund for Women-Bangkok, launched The 1st Gender Justice Awards to recognize judges who rendered gender-sensitive decisions in cases of violence against women and girl-children. Cited as the Most Outstanding Judge was Ma. Nimfa Penaco Sitaca of the Regional Trial Court of Oroquieta City.

The Awards aims to highlight the need for a gender-responsive judiciary in order to achieve the global goal of eliminating violence against women.

As part of the Gender Justice Awards project, the U.P.Center for Women’s Studies Foundation, Inc. and UNIFEM-Bangkok are publishing a book entitled ENGENDERING THE PHILIPPINE JUDICIARY, authored by Rowena V. Guanzon, Aurora Javate de-Dios, Theresa Balanon and Damcelle Torres. ENGENDERING THE PHILIPPINE JUDIACRY hopes to raise the awareness of judges and justices on gender and the use of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women or the CEDAW in judicial practice. It also hopes to contribute to the development of gender-fair legal theory and jurisprudence.

More than documenting the Gender Justice Awards as an advocacy strategy for judicial reform, the book discusses the problem of gender discrimination in the courts and in Supreme Court decisions and offers gender analyses as a tool for judges. It also includes the use of the CEDAW in Philippine jurisprudence and in other jurisdictions.

We are grateful to the people who made this book possible, especially to our friends in UNIFEM-Bangkok for their support. Our thanks also go to our partner organizations in government, the private sector and the human rights and women’s rights advocates without whose help The Awards would not have been a success.

The authors and the publishers hope that the Judiciary can put ENGENDERING THE PHILIPPINE JUDICIARY to good use, and contribute to the administration of gender justice.

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