Women Judges in Fragile States (special issue of EJPG) | Centre on Law and Social Transformation

Elin Skaar, Marianne Tøraasen , Pilar Domingo, Siri Gloppen, Georgina Waylen, Rachel Sieder, Ana Braconnier, Monica Kirya, Margareth Nangacoviem Aslak Orre, Torunn Wimppelmann, (2026)
European Journal of Politics and Gender

This special issue in the European Journal of Politics and Gender presents fidndings from the CMI/LawTransform project “Women on the Bench”. The project was headed by Elin Skaar and funded by the Norwegian Research Council. The special issue consists of 7 articles, five present findings from case studies (Afghanistan, Angola, Guatemala, Haiti and Uganda) while two present theoretical and cross cutting aspects,

Women judges in fragile states: state of the art and analytical framework Authors:Marianne Tøraasen; Elin Skaar; Pilar Domingo and Siri Gloppen

Analysing women on the bench using a feminist institutionalist lens Author:Georgina Waylen

A good judge has no sex’? Understanding judicial gender representation with insights from Haiti Author:Marianne Tøraasen

When “impunity ceilings” trump “glass ceilings”: women on the bench in Guatemala Authors:Rachel Sieder and Ana Braconnier De León

“Ambiguous progress and evident disasters: women on the bench in Afghanistan” Author:Torunn Wimpelmann

Women’s access to judicial power in Uganda: merit, informal networks and regime survival Authors:Pilar Domingo; Siri Gloppen and Monica Kirya

Women’s access to the bench in post-conflict autocratic states: insights from Angola Authors: Elin Skaar; Aslak Orre and Margareth Nangacovie

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