Gender Equality and Legal Professionalism: Challenges for the First Women Lawyers

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women Lawyers

Seeking ‘A Fair Field’ for Women in the Legal Profession: Pioneering Women Lawyers from Burma of 1924-19351

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Li Chen ◽  
Yi Li
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Inns Of Court ◽  
Professional Success ◽  
Bar Examination ◽  
Women Lawyers ◽  
Racial Hierarchies

The enactment of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act in 1919 tore down a significant gender barrier and opened doors of the once exclusively male legal profession in the United Kingdom. This article focuses on its early beneficiaries in Burma, a less studied colony of the Empire in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It traces the first four women barristers from colonial Burma, and their odyssey to gain tradecraft and skills through seeking legal education at the Inns of Court in London. It evaluates their performances at the Bar Examination and explores the challenges they faced as they beat a path into the traditionally male-dominated legal profession. Finally, the paper shows how these pioneering women barristers were able to utilise the fruits of their legal education to further the cause of promoting gender equality upon their return to Burma. However, their professional success also reveals the persistence of gender and racial hierarchies across the Empire despite ongoing legal reformation and political activism, as they were subjected to confrontations and discriminations throughout their career.

Swedish Advances in Gender Equality: Goals Not Fully Realized

1990 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-127
Author(s):  
Vicki S. Helgeson
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality

Maximizing gender equality by minimizing course choice options? Effects of obligatory coursework in math on gender differences in STEM.

2017 ◽  
Vol 109 (7) ◽  
pp. 993-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Hübner ◽  
Eike Wille ◽  
Jenna Cambria ◽  
Kerstin Oschatz ◽  
Benjamin Nagengast ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gender Equality

Religion’s role in the illusion of gender equality: Supraliminal and subliminal religious priming increases benevolent sexism.

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan C. Haggard ◽  
Rob Kaelen ◽  
Vassilis Saroglou ◽  
Olivier Klein ◽  
Wade C. Rowatt
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Benevolent Sexism

Gender Equality in the 21st Century in Scotland?

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (First Serie (1) ◽  
pp. 88-103
Author(s):  
Morag Alexander ◽  
Wendy Davies
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
21St Century
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