[1] It was decided that gender discrimination in the judiciary would be easier to combat with the forming of an international alliance.
[2] Women judges sponsored workshops and conferences around the world to teach about the prevalence of domestic violence, how to prevent it, and how to enact laws to define it as a crime with penalties.
[2] The IAWJ also took on a project to educate judges on how to apply international human rights instruments to cases affecting women in local courts.
[7]The IAWJ works on six main themes: advancing women's leadership in law, ending gender based violence, strengthening judicial integrity, fighting sextortion, promoting inclusive justice, and combatting human trafficking.
[9][10] IAWJ also published a toolkit to "raise awareness about sextortion and provides the “tools” – guidance, information, and resources – with which to address a pervasive, but often hidden, form of corruption that degrades its victims and undermines social institutions around the world.
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