International Development Law Organization

EBRD on strengthening women judges in the SEMED region

25 Jan 2018

Ms Marie-Anne Birken, General Counsel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), addressed the forum ‘Towards a Women Judges Platform in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Region’.


The EBRD and the IDLO are promoting gender equality in the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) by developing a regional advocacy platform to help reduce gender barriers to women in the judicial profession and related strategic areas.

In cooperation with the International Association of Women Judges, the Union of Moroccan Women Judges and under the patronage of the Supreme Judicial Council of Morocco, the EBRD and IDLO organised a regional forum taking place in Casablanca on 14 to 15 December 2017.

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25 January, 2018