On International Women’s Day 2023, the President of the International Bar Association (IBA), Almudena Arpón de Mendívil Aldama, announced the launch of the IBA Women’s Day; a worldwide event in celebration of women legal professionals. This inaugural event is aimed at guiding the younger generation of female practitioners in their professional careers, with senior women in the law sharing their experiences to reach and maintain senior positions.
An ambitious new global project to study the lack of gender parity at the most senior levels of the legal profession. The first-of-its-kind, 9-year study will identify barriers and track progress of achieving equal representation of females in the highest levels of private practice, in-house positions, the public sector, and judiciary.
The International Bar Association and LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation are collaborating on an ambitious global research project on gender equality in the legal professio