Women in the Legal Professions: from the Eradication of Direct Discrimination to the Prevalence of “Epistfemicide” and the Glass Ceiling
Women in the Legal Professions: from the Eradication of Direct Discrimination to the Prevalence of “Epistfemicide” and the Glass Ceiling

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the situation of women in the legal professions in Argentina, with special reference to the Argentine judicial system. It enquires into the context of the main socio-legal transformations that allowed Argentine women, initially, to access higher education, professional practice and political citizenship and, later, to access the rights that provide the framework to have a life free of gender-based discrimination, including the cluster of LGBTI+ rights. It describes the incorporation of gender mainstreaming into the legal and institutional universe of legal professions in recent decades. Lastly, it reflects on two dimensions of gender-based discrimination that still prevail: that of epistfemicide and that of the glass ceiling, and provides some keys to design strategies for its eradication.

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