{"id":7349,"date":"2016-08-12T13:33:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T13:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemaa.iesp.uerj.br\/uncategorized\/gender-inequality-in-the-brazilian-judiciary\/"},"modified":"2016-08-12T13:33:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T13:33:15","slug":"gender-inequality-in-the-brazilian-judiciary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemaa.iesp.uerj.br\/en\/infographics\/gender-inequality-in-the-brazilian-judiciary\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Inequality in the Brazilian Judiciary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gender inequality in the Brazilian Judiciary<\/strong>
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 Anna Carolina Venturini and <\/strong>Jo\u00e3o Feres J\u00fanior<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This study examines the issue of gender equality in Brazil\u2019s judicial careers, between 1988 and 2015, paying special attention to the five higher courts: the Supreme Court (STF), the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), the Superior Labor Court (TST), the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and the Superior Military Court (STM). We base our analysis on data made public by organs of the Judiciary Branch.
\nAlthough they make up a majority of the Brazilian population, women are severely underrepresented in judicial careers. Access of women to entry levels of the judicial career is increasing over time. However, promotion to higher courts take into account merit criteria, and other political and corporate factors that are hard to be directly regulated.
\nAccording to the Census of the Judiciary released by the National Council of Justice (CNJ) in 2014, only 35.9% of Brazilian judges are women, a proportion that decreases as one approaches the higher ranks of the judicial system. Data demonstrate that in the initial stages of the judicial career (substitute judge) women take 42.8% of all jobs, but that proportion decreases to 36.6% among  the holder judges, 21.5% among the lower courts\u2019 ministers, and 18.4% among  justices of the higher courts.
\nTrue democracy cannot tolerate a hegemonic male judiciary. Gender issues that are extremely important to the administration of justice such as violence against women, reproductive rights, gender-related labor rights, equity, equal recognition of merit, among others, must be assessed by professionals of both genders. The relative exclusion of women from decisions concerning them directly constitutes a serious injustice. Furthermore, women and men should be equal partners in the administration of justice in general. The adoption of affirmative action and criteria aimed at increasing women’s participation in judicial careers seem to be the most promising solutions to solve this serious problem that afflicts out society and its institutions.
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Gender inequality in the Brazilian Judiciary    Anna Carolina Venturini and Jo\u00e3o Feres J\u00fanior   This study examines the issue of gender equality in Brazil\u2019s judicial careers, between 1988 and 2015, paying special attention to the five higher courts: the Supreme Court (STF), the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), the Superior Labor Court (TST), the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":543,"wds_primary_destaque":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[554],"destaque":[],"tematica":[528],"class_list":["post-7349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infographics","tag-infografico-en","tematica-gender"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","gs-tiny":"","xl":"","xxl":"","xxxl":"","xxxxl":"","xxxxxl":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

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