The influence of female leadership in CNJ actions to boost the presence of women in the Judiciary

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Abstract

Ensuring women’s participation in leadership positions at all levels of decision-making in political, economic, and public life is one of the goals established by the United Nations through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In Brazil, gender parity in the occupation of senior and prominent positions in the Judiciary remains a challenge to be achieved. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of female leadership on the number of policies adopted by the National Council of Justice (CNJ) to promote the presence of women in the Judiciary. The study starts with the publication of CNJ Resolution No. 255/2018 (at the end of Minister Cármen Lúcia’s term as CNJ President), which published the “National Policy to Encourage Female Institutional Participation in the Judiciary”. The aim was to understand whether there was a significant quantitative difference in the promotion of regulatory acts and policies in the three subsequent and concluded terms: Ministers Dias Toffoli, Luiz Fux and Rosa Weber. The results demonstrate that the topic was addressed in all terms and indicate that, in fact, Minister Rosa Weber achieved the highest productivity mark in the two groups of actions evaluated, normative and institutional acts. It is worth noting that factors such as the Covid-19 pandemic during the term of Minister Luiz Fux and the shortened term of Minister Rosa Weber biased the analysis, indicating the need to continue evaluating other CNJ mandates, including, naturally, the presidency of new female leaders.