Judge Vanessa Acosta Peralta, member of the civil chamber of this high court and deputy coordinator of the Commission for Gender Equality of the Judiciary understands that in this matter there are great advances, among them that in order to enter the judicial career it is necessary to pass a contest regardless of whether you are a man or a woman.
Vanessa Acosta Peralta, judge of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), considered that it is necessary to unite and empower women in order to achieve the necessary changes in the area of gender equality. that it is necessary to unite and empower ourselves in order to achieve the necessary changes in gender equality.
Justice Acosta Peralta made these statements during her participation in the virtual lecture Justice and Gender 2021, in which the topic "Sorority among Women Decision Makers" was addressed.
The judge member of the Civil Chamber of the SCJ and deputy coordinator of the Commission for Gender Equality of the Judiciary valued as positive this type of courses in order to maintain and increase the rights of women.
He explained that there are great advances in the Judicial Branch of the Dominican Republic and gave as an example that in order to enter the judicial career, gender is not taken into account, but one must go through a public competition established in Law 327-98 and is achieved by merit.
Magistrate Acosta Peralta informed that 61.35% of the judges and judicial employees are women and 38.67% are men, of which there are 471 female and 313 male magistrates.
She also detailed that the Supreme Court of Justice out of 17 judges only 4 are women, in the Judicial Power Council out of a total of 5 members 2 are women and one alternate, in the court 125 women and 196 judges of first instance and 146 of Peace.
It understands that the number of women judges in the Supreme Court of Justice, the number of women legislators and the number of women members of the National Council of the Magistracy (the latter is the constitutional body that appoints judges of the high courts) must be increased in accordance with the Constitution and Law 327-98 of the Judicial Career.
The magistrate stated that there are no exclusive courts for men or women in civil, criminal and administrative matters, so there is no gender discrimination and, therefore, being a woman is not a limitation to preside or direct those courts.
He also pointed out that there should be no discrimination and that the fact of being a woman should not represent an obstacle to the functions that one wishes to perform.
Among the achievements that the Judicial Branch can concretely showcase through the Commission for Gender Equality of the entity, the approval of the Gender Policy in 2007, which has served as a basis for the development of initiatives to promote gender equality in the judiciary. development of initiatives that have sensitized many people to the issue of equality between men and women.
"In order to achieve greater sorority alliances, it is necessary to maintain the Commission for Gender Equality, so that more people are integrated in courses and workshops on this subject; to have a goal of more sorority, more alliances to stop and become aware of the levels and violence against women and finally, to manage the patterns of behavior that limit the union among women," said Acosta.
Yanira Argueta Martínez, feminist activist and former director of the Salvadoran Institute for the Development of Women, and communicator Priscila Barredo, who served as moderator, also participated in the lecture.
The purpose of the chair is to recognize the importance of the sorority attitude within institutions and organizations in order to make more accurate and far-reaching decisions.
Sorority: is the pact between women, mainly in situations of sexual discrimination, male chauvinist attitudes and behavior.
Sorority is a term derived from the Latin "soror", meaning sister. Sorority is a term used to refer to sisterhood among women with respect to social gender issues. Other sources state that the term sorority comes from the English word "sisterhood", used in the 1970s by Kate Millet, a reference of second wave feminism and author of Sexual Politics.
It is recalled that thehe Judicial Branch began the process for the implementation of the Equal DR Seal in the Public Sector, which seeks to generate changes in the management of institutions to increase competitiveness, productivity and the promotion of actions aimed at eliminating gender gaps and increasing participation and equal employment opportunities between women and men.
