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Josephine Jarpa Dawuni is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University, Washington D.C. She holds an LLB from the University of Ghana, she was called to the Ghana Bar in 2001 and is a Barrister-at-Law before the Ghana Superior Courts. She holds a Doctorate in Political Science from Georgia State University. Her primary areas of research include judicial politics, gender, law and development, international human rights, women’s civil society organizing and democratization. She is the editor of (with Judge Akua Kuenyehia) International Courts and the African Woman Judge (Routledge, 2018) and a second book (with Gretchen Bauer) of Gender and the Judiciary in Africa: From obscurity to parity? (Routledge, 2016). Her works have appeared in journals such as Studies in Gender and Development in Africa, University of Baltimore Law Journal, Journal of African Law and Africa Today. In 2015 she was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law iCourts program where she conducted research on African Women Judges on International Courts.
Dawuni is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL), a registered not-for-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the capacity of African women in law through programs such as seminars, workshops, conferences and research. The Institute seeks to actively engage women on the continent and the diaspora by enhancing the capacity of women as the forerunners of change through the adoption of multisector and interdisciplinary approaches to development. The Institute is constantly seeking partnerships to engage in activities and programs that enhance its mission and vision. Her areas of teaching are largely anchored between Comparative Politics and International Relations, with a focus on gender and the law, African politics and international human rights. She has designed and taught courses such as International development, International law, Comparative politics, African politics, Gender politics in global perspectives, American government and Global Issues, to name a few. Beyond her research and teaching, she loves to engage students both in and out of the classroom. She has organized and directed student panels for professional conferences such as the African Studies Association, International Studies Association, Midwest Political Science Association and Southern Political Science Association. She engages with students through student organizations and other programs such as the International Women’s Day events, which she organizes annually.
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