Gender and Justice: An International Inquiry, Washington, D.C.

American Jewish Congress and the American University Washington College of Law will sponsor an International Conference on Gender and Justice to take place from June 14-16, 2009 at American University Washington University College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C.

The conference will bring together women judges from around the world, including judges from countries that have only recently begun to place women on the bench, and from countries whose constitutions mandate gender equality, but whose governments make little or no effort to effect implementation. Our goal is to examine advances made in recent years, to highlight the challenges women continue to face and to chart a course for future legal and judicial empowerment for women, world-wide.