New Delhi: Work-life imbalance, gender bias and unequal access to Bar leadership roles continue to impede the careers of women advocates in the country’s courts, a new Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) survey has found.

A significant finding shows that 84.1 percent of respondents identified as first-generation lawyers with no immediate family in the legal profession, underscoring the added struggle of entering the field without established networks or support.

These are part of the preliminary findings of the SCBA’s recent comprehensive survey, ‘Documenting Voices of Women Advocates of Delhi NCR,’ highlighting the work conditions, persistent gender barriers, and evolving aspirations of women lawyers practicing in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). Show Full Article

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