As Potter Stewart, former Justice of the Supreme Court, said, “Fairness is what justice really is.” A democratic society needs an impartial and unprejudiced judicial system to ensure fairness and equality. Likewise, our media sources need to be diverse and unbiased in order for our citizens to be properly informed. “Diversity in media is something that is intrinsic to a democratic society.” Jeremy Corbyn’s words still hold true today. Women’s involvement brings fresh perspectives to our courts and our media, thus their presence is essential.
One of the fundamental reasons is that women contribute an unique understanding to our judicial system. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg’s opinion in the Safford Unified School District v. Redding case emphasizes this point. In this case, a 13-year-old girl was strip-searched by school authorities because she was suspected of providing ibuprofen pills. When her fellow justices …show more content…
Only 37.3 percent of news is generated by women. Women are also inadequately represented in our judicial system. One forthright solution would be to increase the quality of education for women studying journalism and law. Deborah Merritt, a law professor at Ohio State University, says that a lot of women “are less likely than men to attend the schools that send a high percentage of graduates into the profession.” Therefore, we need to provide future generations of girls high-quality education in more prestigious journalism and law schools.
When it comes to answering the question of the importance of women’s involvement in legal and media roles, our democracy itself is at stake. The answer to this question needs to be acknowledged by a democratic society in order to make sure that everyone is treated equally and their stories are heard. We can and we must act to increase women’s involvement in judiciary and the media in our
One of the fundamental reasons is that women contribute an unique understanding to our judicial system. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg’s opinion in the Safford Unified School District v. Redding case emphasizes this point. In this case, a 13-year-old girl was strip-searched by school authorities because she was suspected of providing ibuprofen pills. When her fellow justices …show more content…
Only 37.3 percent of news is generated by women. Women are also inadequately represented in our judicial system. One forthright solution would be to increase the quality of education for women studying journalism and law. Deborah Merritt, a law professor at Ohio State University, says that a lot of women “are less likely than men to attend the schools that send a high percentage of graduates into the profession.” Therefore, we need to provide future generations of girls high-quality education in more prestigious journalism and law schools.
When it comes to answering the question of the importance of women’s involvement in legal and media roles, our democracy itself is at stake. The answer to this question needs to be acknowledged by a democratic society in order to make sure that everyone is treated equally and their stories are heard. We can and we must act to increase women’s involvement in judiciary and the media in our