The Family Friendliness That Wasn’t: Access, but Not Progress, for Women in the Czech Judiciary

Despite the fact that three-fifths of Czech judges are women, it would be a mistake to consider judiciary “feminized”: is characterized by vertical gender segregation and slow “defeminization” in positions power influence. The key understanding both women’s presence overall absence at top gendered division labor, especially home. same reason why many women enter judiciary—better reconciliation private professional lives than other legal professions—is do not progress—their “second shift” home prevents them from ascending career ladder.