Women judges are judicial leaders who play an irreplaceable role in the judiciary system.

The United Nations General Assembly declared in a resolution adopted by consensus that March 10th as  International Day of Women Judges. The celebration became an innovative novelty in addition to the International Women’s Day. The United Nations General Assembly Resolution sends a powerful message to the world, to all women judges that their work matters and is irreplaceable, to all male judges that the judiciary, both national and international, is not a male dominated field anymore. It is a message to all young girls and women that women judges are intensely needed to enrich the judicial field with women’s sense for justice and fairness, in addition to the legal knowledge. Women judges and women judicial leaders play an irreplaceable role in modern judiciary.

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