Resilience in robes: Women’s triumphs in legal practice
On International Women’s Day, a look at the powerful trailblazers who have forged a path for women in the legal profession.
Published on: 8 March 2024, 09:30 am
On International Women's Day, a look at the powerful trailblazers who have forged a path for women in the legal profession.
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LOOKING around this Women's Day, I attempted to pen down the celebrated symbols that women hold. The list goes long: We call this country 'Mother India.' Not just our country but the entire planet is referred to as 'Mother Earth.' Justice is a 'lady' with her scales and her eyes blindfolded. I sit with this for a while.
What is being achieved here but a farcical notion of respect when women in this country are treated secondary to men? In other countries of the world as well, despite their development, women 'wail' about discrimination.
Lady Justice stands tall and confident because she cannot see the level of representation women have in the legal profession through her blindfolds.
Let us celebrate on this Women's Day the champions of equality— trailblazer female lawyers and their work.
“Lady Justice stands tall and confident because she cannot see the level of representation women have in the legal profession through her blindfolds.
Time and again, the issue of low representation of women in this field is brought up in discourse. Men dominate at both the Bar and the Bench, being more in number and occupying the higher positions.
Bias against women persists in every field and is seen rather greatly in the legal field. The profession is still seen and referred to by many as an 'old boys' club'.
Despite the odds that are set against women judges and lawyers, many have made a name for themselves. Justice Anna Chandy was the first female judge in 1936 and Cornelia Sorabji, being the first woman lawyer in the country, made history and paved a path for others to come.