更多女性法官:司法过程纳入社会性别视角的重要措施

More Female Judges:An Important Way to Adopt Gender Perspective in Judicial Process

无救济则无权利,对女性权益保障而言,在司法过程中纳入社会性别视角是非常重要的。实现这一目标有多种途径,但其他途径或者不足以转化为法官的自律,或者无法改变根深蒂固的男性视角,因此其有效性令人怀疑。任用更多女法官这一措施则不同,女法官拥有不同于男性的生活经历,因此在认定案件事实与适用法律上遵循了一条与男性不同的进路,她们对女性的境遇、情感和需求有更多的关注和更真切的理解,并且能更好地保障女性的话语权,让女性当事人得到作为程序主体应有的尊重。正是由于任用更多女法官对司法过程中社会性别视角的纳入有直接、有效的促进作用,对保障女性权利会带来毋庸置疑的益处,因此其应当被采纳为一项重要的社会政策。

As the proverb goes, ＂There is no right without a remedy＂. In order to provide complete protection for women, it is important that the court which has the power to grant remedies adopt a gender perspective in its decision making. Measures like discipline and training turn out to be fruitless to promote the adoption because of their inability to insert a female perspective in male judges, while appointing more female judges proves to be fruitful. Female judges do have different experiences from their male counterparts; hence they have a deep understanding of the plight and demand of women, which will affect the way they address the problems that confront them, both substantive and procedural. In a word, females bring to judging a unique perspective which can better protect women＇s rights; thus the appointment of more female judges ought to be adopted as an important social policy.