Julie McIntyre

District Court of South Australia

Honourable Justice Julie McIntyre graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from Adelaide University in 1983. She practised as a barrister and solicitor in private practice for 24 years, including as principal at Hartfield McIntyre Miller and then as local managing partner of Sparke Helmore Lawyers. In 2007, her Honour was appointed as a judge of the District Court of South Australia, a position she held until her appointment to the Supreme Court in February 2023. Her Honour is currently the President of the Australian Association of Women Judges. 



Sook Hee- Shin

Republic of Korea



Ita Farrelly 

District Tribunal Judge, United Kingdom

Judge Ita Farrelly is the youngest female full-time judge to be appointed in the UK (2018) and now UK leadership Judge in 2023. She was appointed as a diversity and communications judge and a board member of the UKAWJ since 2018. Educating the public and judiciary about the role of judges and equal rights and interests of women. In 2020, 2022 & 2023 she has promoted women’s access to the courts, speaking at the UK Law Society lecture series about career progression and fighting inequality for women (age, appearance, area, location, scholarly route). She had assisted in the resettlement of Afghanistan women judges initiatives, liaising and guest speaking at several international events.

Salima Rouhi

Commerce Tribunal Judge, Morocco

The honorable Judge Salima Rouhi is on the Trade Court of Casablanca and a member of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) and her Moroccan chapter the Union of Moroccan Women Judges (UMAWJ). She currently holds the post of secretary-general within the Union of Women Judges and the post of regional director for the Europe/MENA region among the IAWJ. Previously, she chaired the Chamber of tort cases, the Chamber of Violence against women and children and the Chamber of the Labor Law. She was a member of the Chamber of personal status of Moroccan expatriates (mixed-race marriage, exequatur).



Sherlanne Pierre 

Master of High Court, Trinidad and Tobago

Master Sherlanne Pierre sits in the civil division of the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago. Prior to that, she sat in the Family and Children Division where she presided over matters concerning the welfare of children and the preservation of family life in unconventional ways. She sits on the Executive of the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Women Judges and is former tutor at the Hugh Wooding Law School. Master Pierre remains involved in her local community where she teaches pre-teens about self-esteem and relationships and organises initiatives to provide companionship and support to senior citizens. 

Susana Ester Medina 

High Court of Justice of Entre Ríos, Argentina

Susana Medina is the President of Chamber No. 3 of Labor of the High Court of Justice of Entre Ríos, Argentina, and the current Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the IAWJ (2025–2027). She holds multiple advanced degrees in law, gender studies, and human rights and is the former President of the International Association of Women Judges (2016–2018). Medina is also the President of the Federation of Latin American Women Judges (FEMJUL) and has received several honorary memberships and awards, including the “Arline Pacht Global Vision Award” from the IAWJ in 2023. She has delivered over 100 lectures worldwide, organized a major seminar on human trafficking at the Vatican in 2018, and contributed to the establishment of the Global Judicial Integrity Network with UNODC.

Bernadette D'Souza 

District Court - Family Division, United States

Judge Bernadette D’Souza was elected as the first Family Court Judge of the Civil District Court. She served as Chief Judge in 2021 and 2022. She has dedicated her legal career to public interest law with a passion for domestic violence issues and family law. She taught law students as an adjunct professor, serves on the faculty of the National Judicial Institute of NCJFCJ and has presented at numerous conferences on domestic violence issues locally, nationally and internationally, including Yerevan, Armenia, Trinidad and Tobago, Seoul, South Korea, and at the United Nations Convention on Status of Women. She served as President of the National Association of Women Judges 2019-2020. For her humanitarian work and judicial leadership in domestic violence law, she has received several prominent awards.  



Lana Krogan 

Canada



Roli Harriman

High Court Judge, Nigeria

The Honourable Justice Harriman is a judge of the High Court of Delta State. She also is an ADR judge and Vice Chair of the Governing Council of the Delta State Multidoor Courthouse. She is a CEDR (UK) Accredited Mediator, holds a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK. She has had varied experience as a mediator in Nigeria and in the United Kingdom and a great advocate of forging peace worldwide through mediation. She served on the Panel of Neutrals of the Multidoor courthouses at the Abuja and Lagos High Courts, and was chairman of the National Committee on the Replication of Multidoor courthouses in Nigeria between 2004 and 2008. 

Henrietta Wolayo

High Court Judge, Uganda

Lady Justice Henrietta Wolayo is a judge of the High Court since 2013. She is the President of the IAWJ Africa Region and Director for East and Central Africa, on the IAWJ Board based in Washington .DC. She is the immediate Past of President of IAWJ Uganda Chapter since 2018 and was the chief host for the IAWJ Africa Region Conference held in Kampala, Uganda from October 26 to 29. She has worked in various parts of Uganda since her appointment in 2013 and before that when she was a magistrate and registrar. She holds a Masters in Business Association form ESAMI; a Master of Philosophy from the University of Zimbabwe and a Bachelor of Laws form Makerere University.