{"id":60391,"date":"2020-11-29T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T19:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=60391"},"modified":"2020-11-29T01:00:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T19:30:16","slug":"women-lawyers-are-hampered-by-systemic-discrimination-and-gender-barriers-ms-justice-gita-mittal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/women-lawyers-are-hampered-by-systemic-discrimination-and-gender-barriers-ms-justice-gita-mittal","title":{"rendered":"Women Lawyers are Hampered by Systemic Discrimination and Gender Barriers : Ms. Justice Gita Mittal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-High-Court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45625\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/appoint-panel-scrutinise-government-hospitals-sc-jk-hc\/jammu-and-kashmir-high-court-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-High-Court.jpg?fit=647%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"647,404\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jammu-and-kashmir-high-court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-High-Court.jpg?fit=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-High-Court.jpg?fit=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-45625\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-High-Court.jpg?resize=640%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-High-Court.jpg?w=647&amp;ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-High-Court.jpg?resize=150%2C94&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-High-Court.jpg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>While the number of women graduating from the leading law schools and working at junior levels in the legal profession is equal to their male counterparts, this does not translate to equal representation at workplace or later at higher positions. Their upward mobility is hampered by systemic discrimination.\u00a0Gender diversity is particularly significant in the legal profession where the presence of women plays a critical role in upholding the ideal of equality, fairness and impartiality of the justice system especially amongst disadvantaged groups.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by\u00a0Hon\u2019ble Ms. Justice Gita Mittal, Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu &amp; Kashmir during her Keynote Address in the Constitution Day Forum as part of the Virtual Global Conference on\u00a0\u2018Reimagining &amp; Transforming the Future of Law Schools and Legal Education: Confluence of Ideas During &amp; Beyond COVID-19\u2019\u00a0organised by the Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global university.\u00a0\u201cThe glass ceiling implies the existence of an impermeable barrier that blocks the vertical mobility of women. Below this barrier, women are able to get promoted, beyond this they are not. This ubiquitous glass ceiling obstructs women across jurisdictions and subjects them to unequal treatment all over the world,\u201d Justice Mittal added.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the past,\u00a0Justice Gita Mittal\u00a0offered insights into the history of the legal profession and said that it is replete with regressive gender perspectives. In recent times, India\u2019s top law firms are said to have only 30% women partners. A third of these firms have a gender ratio below 20%. \u201cOut of the 673 sitting Judges of the High Courts in India, only 73 are women. I happen to be the only Chief Justice amongst the 28 High Courts of India. In the 70 years since the Supreme Court was established, only 8 women have been appointed as judges. Currently out of the 30 Judges at the Supreme Court, only two are women.\u00a0\u00a0In its over five decades of existence the designation of women as senior advocates in the Supreme Court is also deplorable. Gender biases are widely prevalent in law firms as well. A study conducted with 81 women in law firms revealed that women were being allocated unchallenging work and forced to remain content with lower professional fees than their male counterparts and being denied benefits and promotions in corporate positions. Moreover 74 % of the women interviewed felt that the employers had made little effort in promoting or mentoring women within the organization. Clearly women remain severely under-represented in the legal profession.\u201d\u00a0Justice Gita Mittal\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the august gathering,\u00a0Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University and Founding Dean of Jindal Global Law School,\u00a0said, \u201cOne of the most pressing issues is that of diversity and to what extent leadership by women is going to change and impact the legal profession, legal education and the judiciary. A\u00a0sharper focus on the role of women in law has been less examined. The question of representation and indeed, the participation of women in the legal profession in India has been a matter of many debates. At many law schools in India and overseas, at the time of entry, there are nearly 50% female students but as we examine the legal profession itself there are huge disparities. The real question is to what extent we can shape the future of Indian democracy and the Indian legal profession by recognizing the challenge of the deeply institutionalized discrimination that is prevalent against women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an ensuing session on\u00a0Women Leadership in Legal Education and Legal Profession,\u00a0the moderator of the panel,\u00a0Professor Dipika Jain, Vice Dean, Jindal Global Law School\u00a0engaged with some of the leading law academics and corporate lawyers on the need and importance of diversifying the legal profession and legal academia.\u00a0Speaking in this thematic session,\u00a0Professor Sandhya Drew, Senior Lecturer &amp; Assistant Dean (International Students &amp; Exchanges), The City Law School City University of London United Kingdom\u00a0said that although she had access to educational opportunities and career growth, there is a need to look at the idea of shattering the glass ceiling to promote a better understanding of cross-generational women. \u201cAt each stage of life, women face different hurdles. Almost all young women have been either teased or sexually harassed, next stage women have to choose between long days at work or having children. Sometimes they move away from big firms precisely to have a family. It is not just about the evolution of women in the law, it is by evolving women, there is a change in the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor (Dr.) Ved Kumari Former Dean &amp; Head Faculty of Law University of Delhi India and former Chairperson, Delhi Judicial Academy\u00a0also agreed that at the institutional level there hadn\u2019t been any systemic change to not discriminate against women in the legal profession.\u00a0\u201cAt smaller law institutions, women law students are less than 30%. We do not teach gender related studies as part of law education. Legal education must include diversity as a necessary component and relook at the curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Pratibha Jain, Partner &amp; Head, New Delhi Office of Nishith Desai Associates\u00a0elucidated about the position of women in the field of corporate law in Indian and international firms and that certain traits are often associated with gender. She said,\u00a0\u201cPrivate corporate firms in India are very nascent but they do have women in leadership roles. It is not to say that gender-based issues do not exist, in fact there are unconscious biases against women. What law schools and universities need to do is to teach the students about these unconscious biases. We must raise our voices to be represented so that the next generation can benefit from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legal luminaries agreed that\u00a0women are also kept out of entire fields of legal practice such as criminal law due to stereotypes. Women are expected to pursue softer fields such as family and child custody law which fit their socially assigned roles as caregivers and peacemakers.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Ravina Sethia, an alumnus of JGLS and Associate, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas said,\u00a0\u201cWomen are perceived to behave in a \u2018certain\u2019 way. They are seen as too aggressive or too compassionate or conciliatory. The biggest role they can play is to break these stereotypes. Perception needs to be modified from a younger age. Educational institutions can enable this change through a mentorship programme to remove gender biases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hon\u2019ble Ms.\u00a0Justice Gita Mittal\u00a0concluded that inflexible hours and often hostile work environments make it more difficult for a woman to manage a work life balance. Availing maternity leave benefits often has had a negative impact on women\u2019s careers. Moreover, most corporate law firms are unwilling to invest in women and view maternity benefits as a drain on their resources. Women lawyers face sexual harassment in varied ways. Sexual Harassment laws usually address harassment at the workplace. However, for a lot of women lawyers the workplace is the Courts while lawyers practicing in courts are not employees of the judges. This makes it extremely difficult for women to seek redressal. Complaining of harassment also has huge repercussions on a woman\u2019s future\u00a0because of the power wielded by the respondent in the legal profession.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Constitution Day Forum\u00a0was also addressed by eminent lawyers,\u00a0Ms. Geeta Ramseshan, Advocate, Madras High Court,\u00a0who delivered the Presidential Address\u00a0and\u00a0Professor Jhuma Sen, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Centre for Human Rights Studies,\u00a0O.P. Jindal Global University, who delivered a Special Address.<\/p>\n<p>Penned by : Meheli<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the number of women graduating from the leading law schools and working at junior levels in the legal profession is equal to their male counterparts, this does not translate to equal representation at workplace or later at higher positions. 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