Engendering Justice - from Policy to Practice - The Fawcett Society

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Part two: Continued.Engendering justice: roadmap for future reformInternational good practice - Abu Dhabi Judicial Department’s Creche FacilitiesAbu Dhabi Judicial Department is about to launch a crèche within its premises to provide baby-sitting facilities towomen employees and customers. This nursery will begin taking children in the first quarter of this year. It will employtrained childcare staff and it is hoped will be used by the 22 percent female staff working in the department.International good practice - The Delhi High Court’s Crèche Facilities for staffThe Delhi High Court is planning to open a crèche for theday-care of women lawyers’ and employees’ childrenaged up to three years. Once this has been established,it is hoped that similar crèches will be set up in four trialcourts in different parts of the city to combat the lackof child care available to working mothers. A furtheraim of this pilot will be to combat the concerns that thelack of crèches in particular, had resulted in a skeweredmale-female ratio in the Indian legal profession.“To maintain and increase the number of women appointedand to support applications by offering deferments and regularreviews of locations and sitting packages. ”JudgePage 94
➤ Policy and practiceof all criminal justiceagencies will beinformed by genderanalysis so as to meetthe diverse needs ofboth men and womenThe Commission has a vision of a criminaljustice system in which all organisationsproviding a public service take a proactive andpositive approach to addressing discriminationand promoting gender equality through thegender equality duty. Gender equality ismainstreamed into all policies and processes,with mechanisms in place to monitor outcomesand ensure accountability. There is publicunderstanding that equality requires appropriatetreatment according to need and both womenand men will see gender equality as beneficialfor society and for themselves as individuals.“I would like to see women included equally as men interms of assignments. If a woman is pregnant she should beoffered the same assignment as a male officer on light dutywith the same limitations. Our male officers are assigned tomanage cases with investigators while our female officers areassigned to data entry and answering phones. ”Patrol Officer, PolicePage 95
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Engendering Justice- from Policy to
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ContentsForeword 5Executive Summary
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ForewordFor the past five years, Fa
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Executive SummarySince 2003, Fawcet
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Executive Summary continuedon domes
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Executive Summary continuedFemale O
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Chapter One: Continued.Methodology
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The Five Years of the CommissionCom
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Chapter Two:Introduction - From Pol
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Chapter Three:Women and Justice - M
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[A woman] had admitted to an offenc
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Figure 3: Female Reoffending Rate b
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writing the Government had undertak
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equirement could be used to refer w
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given current funding allocations a
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I feel that women with severe menta
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Good Practice Example: Birth Compan
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Female offenders serving indetermin
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The Commission recommends that if p
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Moving TowardsCommunity ProvisionTh
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Page 47 and 48: that VAW is a relevant issue for ev
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Page 57 and 58: continued commitment to joint worki
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Page 61 and 62: He pleaded innocent, so I prepared
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Page 69 and 70: managers. “Sometimes childcare is
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Page 75 and 76: The key issue in my view is that th
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Page 79 and 80: for women to access development opp
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Page 83 and 84: Institutional change needed:➤ A c
Page 85 and 86: International example of good pract
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Page 89 and 90: Key targets / indicators of success
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Page 97 and 98: ➤The Judiciary and thesenior leve
Page 99 and 100: Appendix ACOMMISSIONERS:Baroness Je
Page 101 and 102: Annexure BSummary of Recommendation
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Page 109 and 110: EndnotesMarch 200985Questionnaire R
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