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The
Role of Women in Conflict Resolution
The
Rt Hon Christopher Patten, CH
European Commissioner, External Affairs
European Commission, Brussels
We live
in a world of conflict. How to arbitrate in and through the
myriad conflicts that characterise our times is a multi-layered
challenge, one that many lawyers are all too familiar with.
Chris Patten, European Commissioner for External Affairs at
the European Commission, Brussels, focuses on the role of
women in conflict resolution.
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Impact
of War on Women and their Role
in the Peace Process
Elisabeth
Rehn
UNIFEM Independent Expert on a Global Assessment on the
Impact of
War on Women and their role in the Peace Process
Helsinki, Finland
elizabeth.rehn@kolombus.fi
As a former
UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Republic of Croatia and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and
in her current role on the assessment of the impact of war
on women, Elizabeth Rehn is only too aware that women and
girls are the main victims of the wars and conflicts of our
time. In this article she points out that you cannot build
the future if you leave more than half of the population outside
the process.
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The
Plight of the Trailing Spouse
Andrea Elliott
Senior Foreign Attorney, Global Visa Solutions
Newport Beach, California, USA
aelliott@globalvisasolutions.com
What
is a ‘trailing spouse’? It is the expression used
to describe the partner (mainly women) in a dual-career relationship
who gives up their job to follow (trail) their spouses overseas
on foreign assignment. Whilst trailing spouses may hope to
continue their careers upon arrival, most learn to their dismay
that there are major difficulties in working legally in the
new foreign country. But Andrea Elliott shows how the situation
is not always as hopeless as it first appears. read
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Shattering
Glass Ceilings and Glass Borders
Janet Gaymer
Senior Partner, Simmons & Simmons, London, UK
janet.gaymer@simmons-simmons.com
Although
on the face of it, women lawyers in the solicitors’
profession have made real progress and some perceived glass
ceilings are being shattered, there are a number of areas
which give cause for concern. Simmons & Simmons senior
partner Janet Gaymer is uniquely placed to offer insights
and pointers for further improvement. read
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Benefits
of Flexible Immigration Policies
Mumtaz
Kassam
Solicitor/Advocate
First Secretary, Uganda High Commission
Pretoria, South Africa
mumtazk1@hotmail.com
Mumtaz
Kassam who, with her family, was expelled from Uganda as a
child, argues that there is an urgent need to review the general
immigration restrictions currently in place in several countries,
such as Zimbabwe, and discusses how a person’s nationality
affects not only the right to work in a country but also his
or her spouse’s rights. read
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Sheep
in Wolf’s Clothing – Or How to Grow your Practice
when you can’t Hang out at the Club
Olufunke Adekoya, SAN
O Adekoya & Co
Lagos, Nigeria
Vice-Chair, IBA Section on Legal Practice, Practice Management
and Technology Committee (10)
The legal
press tells us that the percentage intake of women into Law
School whether in Africa, America, Australia or Europe is
steadily rising on a year-by-year basis. Empirical evidence,
however, shows clearly that women are not rising to the heights
of private legal practice at the same rate as men. Olufunke
Adekoya looks at the particular problems facing women lawyers
in Africa and proposes a number of solutions. read
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Corporate
Social Responsibility:
Accountability and SERM
Dr
Linda Spedding
Solicitor, London; Member of the New York and Delhi Bars
Director, Women in Law Limited
spedding@easynet.co.uk
Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) has been defined as 'essentially
a concept whereby companies decide voluntarily to contribute
to a better society and a cleaner environment'. Dr Linda Spedding
provides the background to CSR and describes the findings
of SERM, a social and
ethical risk management rating agency which has assessed the
top FTSE companies. read
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Women
and Law Schools – A UK and US View
Penelope
Kent
Middlesex University, Hendon, UK
p.kent@mdx.ac.uk
It is
now accepted that women perform well in examinations, but
may, for a number of reasons, not continue to progress in
their chosen careers to achieve success on a par with their
male counterparts. read
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Women
Barristers:
Is it Worth a Woman going to the Bar?
Frances Burton
Chambers of Leolin Price, London, UK; Bristol Institute
of Legal Practice, University of the West of England, Bristol,
UK
Chair, Association of Women Barristers, England and Wales
francesburton@dial.pipex.com
frances.burton@uwe.ac.uk
The recent
Commonwealth Lawyers Conference held in Melbourne, Australia,
included only one session on women lawyers, their aspirations
and concerns, although, refreshingly, by far the most radical
of the speakers were men. Frances Burton, Chair of the Association
of Women Barristers in England and Wales, finds many similarities
between the concerns expressed at the conference and compares
them to the issues facing women at the English Bar. read
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The
Afghan Women Lawyers and Professionals Association –
A New Era
Samantha
Knights
Barrister, Bar Human Rights Committee, London, UK
samanthaknights@southsquare.com
Samantha
Knights describes how the Afghan Women Lawyers and Professional
Association survived, before, during and after the Taliban
regime. read
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