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December 22, 2009	IAWJ member Hon. Ana Emilia honored in Matto Grasso
December 21, 2009	Judges form new Association of Women Judges-Bosnia Herzegovina
October 1, 2009	IAWJ’s President-Elect part of historic move of the UK’s Supreme Court
September 18, 2009	Cameroon Association of Women Judges holds seminars for new members
July 14, 2009	Tanzania Appoints More Women Judges to High Court of Appeals
July 7, 2009	Australia Association of Women Judges Advocates for Human Rights and for Support for Women Judges
June 20, 2009	"Cameroon's New TIP Law- A Baby Step" by Judge Vera Ngassa (Full story from Newsletter's Excerpt)
April 23, 2009	Grassroots human rights learning workshop launched in Kenya by IAWJ member
April 23, 2009	IAWJ member, Dorothy Toth Beasley, receives award
April 23, 2009	IAWJ member, Shireen Fisher, newly appointed to the Special Court for Sierra Leone
April 23, 2009	IAWJ welcomed two new staff members in January 2009
April 23, 2009	Two IAWJ members join the International Criminal Court
March 18, 2009	IAWJ Congratulates Member and Trustee Hon. Vanessa Ruiz on ABA Margaret Brent Award
March 9, 2009	IAWJ and TAWJA Member Appointed to Tanzania Court of Appeals
March 8, 2009	Dia Internacional De La Mujer, Greetings from IAWJ Latin America Regional Directors
March 6, 2009	IAWJ Participates in the 53RD Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
March 5, 2009	International Association of Women Judges Hosts Global Forum for Women and Justice
March 2, 2009	Memooda Ebrahim-Carstens, IAWJ member, newly appointed to the United Nations Dispute Tribunal
January, 2009	IAWJ Board of Managerial Trustees Member Appointed Associate Dean at Georgetown University Law Center
November 12, 2008	IAWJ's Washington Screening of "Courting Justice"
August 5, 2008	Reforms to Constitution of the Entre Rios Province in Argentina Promote Gender Equality
August 1, 2008	Former IAWJ Member Hon. Navanethem Pillay from South Africa appointed as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
July 31, 2008	Hon. Escobar de Herrera joins the Superior Family Court of Panama
July 31, 2008	IAWJ board member Judith Resnik visits Iceland Judges, speaks at annual conference
July 11, 2008	Hon. Liisa Kiianlinna of Finland Visits Judges Fatma Senol, Emine Dizdarli and Gonul Eronen in North Cyprus
July 11, 2008	Hon. Medina reports on the Mesa de Información Permanente (Bureau of Customer Service) in Argentina
July 11, 2008	IAWJ Featured in The Federal Lawyer
July 11, 2008	Members Attend Seminar on Justice in Argentina
July 11, 2008	NAWJ-Uganda held first JEP Workshop, “In a Time of HIV/AIDS
July 9, 2008	IAWJ welcomes three new staff members
June 25, 2008	IAWJ Founder, Arline Pacht, receives Edna G. Parker award from the NAWJ(USA)
June, 2008	IAWJ Members To Attend Judicial Ethics Course
June, 2008	Papers and Presentations from IAWJ 2008 Conference Now Online
March 25, 2008	Recordbreaking 9th Biennial International Conference Focuses on ‘Equal Justice for All’
February, 2008	Hon. Navanetham Pillay and Others Featured in New Book
February, 2008	Uganda Launches new JEP Initiative
January 27, 2008	Announce de décès d'une collègue béninoise
December 24, 2007	Hon. Joyce Aluoch Is the Second Woman to Join the Court of Appeals in Kenya
December, 2007	The Italian Association of Women Judges' Activities in 2007
November, 2007	Implementing Kenya's Sexual Offenses Act into Law
November, 2007	International Initiative Sparks excitement
November, 2007	Role of Women Judges Associations: A Perspective from Uganda
November, 2007	Update from Italy
November, 2007	Clotilde Aniouvi Medegan Nougobe joins HLCLEP
November, 2007	Gender Equality Law in Norway, an update
November, 2007	Panama Prepares for 2008 IAWJ Conference
October 27, 2007	Yale Law School Team Joins Bangladesh Women Judges and Lawyers on Behalf of the IAWJ
October 26, 2007	Asia Looks at CEDAW
October 18, 2007	Africa Focuses on Human Trafficking
October 11, 2007	IAWJ Receives Generous Gift from Justice Carmen Argibay
September 24, 2007	IAWJ and Georgetown University Law Center Host Baroness Brenda Hale
September, 2007	IAWJ Members Participate in International Rwanda Mission
September, 2007	IAWJ Holds 3rd Afghan Women Judges Judicial Education Program
September 6, 2007	Argentina Association Hosts II National Conference of Judges
August 23, 2007	XIV Conference on National Human Rights in Argentina
August, 2007	Equality and the Courts: Exploring the Commonwealth Experience
August, 2007	IAWJ Moves Headquarters on August 15, 2007
July, 2007	Good News from Northern Cyprus
July, 2007	Update from India
June 25, 2007	IAWJ Member and Staff Meet with Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
June 25, 2007	IAWJ Welcomes Hon. Lucy Mailula from the High Court of South Africa
June, 2007	Hon. Gita Mittal Visited IAWJ Headquarters
May, 2007	IAWJ Member, Hon. Ihsan Barakat, Named Chief Justice
May 15, 2007	Afghan Women Judges Respond: Challenges of Administering Justice and Teaching Human Rights
April 19, 2007	IAWJ Moves Headquarters
March 29, 2007	Cross Border programming in Central America
March 15, 2007	Board of Directors and Executive Council meet in London
March 8, 2007	Alocucion Del Dia Internacional De La Mujer. Announcment for International Women's Day
March, 2007	Hon. Joyce Aluoch to Chair New Kenyan Task Force
February 22, 2007	IAWJ Mourns Loss of Hon. Karima Ahmadi
February 21, 2007	AWJA Hosts First Annual Meeting in Kabul
February, 2007	IAWJ Leaders Visit Kabul, Afghanistan
February, 2007	AWJA Works to Promote Women's Rights
February, 2007	Update from Kenya
December 13, 2006	JEP in East Africa
October 24, 2006	IAWJ Officers at Korean Association's Annual Meeting
October 9, 2006	Hon. Eusebia Munuo Speaks at the United Nations on Behalf of the IAWJ
September 3, 2006	IAWJ Members from Africa Contribute Expertise at Conference on Children's Rights in the Netherlands
August 27, 2006	XVII World Congress of the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates
August 24, 2006	IAWJ Board Member Reaches Out to Women Judges in Chile
August 5, 2006	South Africa Chapter of the IAWJ's Annual Meeting
July, 2006	Two IAWJ Members Named to Tanzanian Court of Appeals
June, 2006	OAS Requests Comments On Its New Law Against Racism, Discrimination and Intolerance
June 21, 2006	Second Woman Named to Supreme Federal Court of Brazil
June 19, 2006	IAWJ President, Hon. Graciela Dixon, Addressed Eager Crowd in Washington
June 5, 2006	Brazil Enacts Innovative Domestic Violence Law
June 1, 2006	IAWJ Hosts 2nd Afghan Judicial Education Program
May 6, 2006	Hon. Carmen Argibay, Recipient of the IAWJ's Human Rights Award
May, 2006	Canadian Chapter of the IAWJ Sponsors Benin Judge At IAWJ Conference
May 3, 2006	One Judge's Reflections on the IAWJ's 8th Biennial Conference in Sydney, Australia
May, 2006	IAWJ Past--President, Hon. Jane Mathews, Awarded Order of Australia
February, 2006	New Zealand Association Welcome
January 26, 2006	Election of New Judges to International Criminal Court
January 16, 2006	IAWJ Loses Valued Member, Former President Mella Carroll
December 15, 2005	Hon. Zakia Hakki elected to Iraq’s new Parliament
December, 2005	Wir freuen uns über jedes Mitglied aus Deutschland
December, 2005	Hon. Gonul Eronen of North Cyprus earns her Masters of International Relations
December 1, 2005	South Africa Association of Women Judges collects toys for children affected by HIV/AIDS
November 25, 2005	South Africa Association of Women Judges holds the 16 Days of Activism Program
November 19, 2005	Korean Women Judges Hold Symposium and Agree to Form the Korean Women Judges Association
October, 2005	NAWJN hosted the Third Africa Regional Conference of the IAWJ in Abuja, Nigeria
October 19, 2005	The National Association of Women Judges' 27th Annual Conference
October 10, 2005	Hon. Graciela Dixon elected as President of the Supreme Court of Panama
October 4, 2005	Tanzania Women Judges Association Conducts New JEP Seminar for Magistrates
September, 2005	Zambia Association of Women Judges was launched by Zambian First Lady
September, 2005	IAWJ Leadership and Italian Judges meet in Rome
August 24, 2005	Hon. Elizabeth Gwaunza, IAWJ member, one of nine women ad litem judges elected to the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
August 23, 2005	Afghan Women Judges Association (AWJA) holds “The Legal Awareness Program for Kabul Girls High School”
March 11, 2005	IAWJ Loses Friend and Colleague
March 10, 2005	IAWJ Honors International Women’s Day And Two Pioneers in International Human Rights
September, 2004	Two IAWJ Members Appointed to the Canadian Supreme Court
August 8, 2004	President Mbeki Addresses Members at Inaugural Meeting of South African Chapter of IAWJ
June 13, 2004	Argentina Women Judges Association Is Doubly Proud of Two Members' Election to Argentina's Supreme Court
May, 2004	Breaking New Ground: Afghan Women Judges Join in Judicial Training
May, 2004	Conferees Explore Diverse Paths to Expand Women's Access to Justice
May, 2004	Mongolian Women Lawyer's Association Espouses New Law Against Domestic Violence
April 16, 2004	Mrs. Cherie Booth Blair Met with IAWJ Members and Supporters
March, 2004	International Child Protection Online Discussion
February, 2004	Joyce Aluoch--UNHCR Committee on the Rights of the Child
February 18, 2004	EXPOLETTE and IAWJ Sponsor Women's Access to Justice in Italy
February 14, 2004	News from Liberia
February, 2004	Peggy Pi-Hu Hsu appointed Grand Justice to the Judicial Yuan
January 6, 2004	USA - Retired Federal Tax Court Judge Joins Judicial ADR
January, 2004	Carmen Argibay First Woman Nominated to Supreme Court of Argentina
December, 2003	Swearing-in Ceremony of Puerto Rico Supreme Court Justice
December, 2003	News from Korea
December, 2003	News From Northern Ireland
December 4, 2003	(English and Bosnian) Call for Judges from Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia from FAIR Fund
November 24, 2003	IAWJ & Tanzanian JEP Trainer Recognized at the UN by UNIFEM Trust Fund
October, 2003	Fernanda Cervetti Addresses MAGED Congress
October 24, 2003	IAWJ Member Lady Justice Hale Appointed the First Female Law Lord in the UK
October 8, 2003	A Dialogue with Women Judges from: Afghanistan, Guatemala, Kenya, Tanzania, Uruguay
October, 2003	Update from New Zealand Women Judges
October 7, 2003	From Conventions to Courts: Applying International Human Rights Law at the National and Local Levels
October 7, 2003	Legal and International Affairs Forum – October
August 11, 2003	IAWJ News Section Now Functional
July 7, 2003	UN Secretary General Appoints IAWJ Members As New Permanent Judge To The ICTR
June, 2003	IAWJ Member from South Africa Wins 2003 Outstanding International Woman Lawyer Award

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