Handbook puts gender bias on the spot

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Nalini Singh, Executive Director; Artika Singh; and Menka Goundan of Fiji Women’s Rights Movement with Hansdeep Singh, Co-Founder, ICAAD. Picture: SUPPLIED

A HANDBOOK which puts gender bias on the spot will be released soon.

The International Centre for Advocates Against Discrimination (ICAAD) will be releasing a handbook detailing its methodology in examining sentencing patterns with a view to uncover Gender Based Violence (GBV) trends over a 20- year period.

This handbook will give lawyers and local advocacy organisations a chance to gain access to an important tool needed to identify gender bias within legal decisions made in Pacific Island Countries (PIC’s).

The Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Sentencing Handbook is produced in partnership with global law firm Clifford Chance

ICAAD Co-Founder, Hansdeep Singh said while it was glad to see progress being made, preventable barriers continued to persist.

“However, it is important to recognize that judiciaries in the region, especially in Fiji, have taken concrete measures to reducing bias and we look forward to continuing our collaboration with the courts,” Mr Singh said.

This work is part of ICAAD’s TrackGBV initiative to promote a data-driven methodology within leading governmental and civil society organizations throughout the Pacific Island region by 2021.

Prior to its official release, ICAAD introduced the Handbook to over 30 stakeholders in Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, including the Chief Justices of Tonga and Samoa and leading women’s rights organizations including Fiji Women’s Rights Movement, Tonga Women and Children’s Crisis Centre, and Samoa Victim Support Group.

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