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Recent and Current IAWJ Programs
What We Do
• Justice, Jurisprudence, Access and Accountability in Zambia (JJAAZ) in partnership with the Zambia Association of Women Judges. Funding: United Nations Democracy Fund [3 years, 2008-11]
• Ending the Abuse of Power through Sexual Exploitation: Naming, Shaming, and Ending Sextortion in partnership with the Association of Women Judges-Bosnia-Herzegovina (AWJ-BiH), Tanzania Women Judges Association (TAWJA), and Philippine Women Judges Association (PAWJ). Funding: MDG3 Fund Netherlands [3 years, 2008-11]
• Law on the Books is Only a Step: The Role of Judges in Trafficking Cases in partnership with the Asociación de Mujeres Jueces en Argentina (AMJA). Funding: US Department of State- Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons [2 years, 2010-12]
• Rebuilding, Moving Forward: Strengthening Judicial Capacity to Address Trafficking in Haiti in partnership with the Chapitre Haïtien de l'Association Internationale des Femmes Juges (CHAIFEJ). Funding: US Department of State- Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons [3 years, 2001-14]
• Developing the Capacities of Women Judges as Leaders and Catalysts for Enhancing the Rule of Law and Equal Justice in Afghanistan in partnership with the Afghan Association of Women Judges. Additional partner: Rural Women’s Leadership Institute of Vermont Funding: US Department of State- Bureau of International Narcotics and Law [3 years, 2011-14]
• Jurisprudence on the Ground (JOG) in partnership with the Tanzania Women Judges Association (TAWJA) and the Society for Women and Aids-Tanzania (SWAA-T). Funding: UNIFEM [2 years, 2008-10, completed]
• Judicial training on women’s property rights and inheritance in the context of HIV Funding UN Development Programme (UNDP) 2010 [completed]
• Golden Gate University International Association of Women Judges Fellowship Program- This fellowship is awarded to a woman jurist from a developing country to come to San Fransisco to complete a nine-month program of individualized coursework to earn a graduate law degree from Golden Gate University. More information can be found here, including a link to a video interview with a 2011 Fellow. [ongoing, 2010-present]
