Přehled o publikaci
2023
The Art of Waiting Humbly: Women Judges Reflect on Vertical Gender Segregation
URBÁNIKOVÁ, Marína; Barbara HAVELKOVÁ and David KOSAŘBasic information
Original name
The Art of Waiting Humbly: Women Judges Reflect on Vertical Gender Segregation
Authors
URBÁNIKOVÁ, Marína; Barbara HAVELKOVÁ and David KOSAŘ
Edition
Feminist Legal Studies, Netherland, Springer, 2023, 0966-3622
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Marked to be transferred to RIV
Yes
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14220/23:00131477
Organization
Právnická fakulta – Repository – Repository
UT WoS
EID Scopus
Keywords in English
Central and Eastern Europe; Czech Republic; Gender; Judiciary; Vertical gender segregation; Women judges
Links
101002660, interní kód Repo.
Changed: 26/3/2025 00:50, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík
Abstract
In the original language
Central and Eastern European countries (CEE), compared to common law countries but also other civil law countries of Europe, are known for a strikingly high representation of women within judiciaries. This, however, does not mean that equality has been achieved, as women judges do not reach leadership positions at the same rate as their male peers. Taking the Czech Republic as a case study, this contribution explores the barriers women judges face within a CEE judiciary and analyses their reflections on their positions. The interviews with women judges show that while they are well aware of what is holding them back, most of them do not perceive the structurally unequal position of men and women in Czech society and in the judiciary as a problem and accept the consequences as being part of women’s destiny. This means that the system currently lacks bottom-up incentives and pressure for change.
