The paper is a study of the gender-based stigmatisation process of elite professionals in an international legal field. It uses commercial arbitration as an example of an international profession and adds to the prevalent understanding of gender inequality by developing a framework called ‘invisible stigmatisation’. The main theoretical framework is supported by twenty-two semi-structured interviews conducted across five international arbitration jurisdictions and two original datasets. These data have helped to contextualise the nuances of gender-based stigmatisation in prestigious arbitral appointments and at the echelons of international arbitration law firms. The paper establishes that the stigmatising experiences drive elite female professionals and their gender-equality consciousness. These experiences also lead to them devise innovative strategies to minimise the effects of gender inequality on their professional lives.

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国际仲裁中对女性从业者的无形污名

该论文是对国际法律领域精英专业人士基于性别的污名化过程的研究。它使用商业仲裁作为国际职业的一个例子，并通过开发一个称为“无形的污名化”的框架来增加对性别不平等的普遍理解。主要理论框架得到了在五个国际仲裁管辖区和两个原始数据集进行的 22 次半结构化访谈的支持。这些数据有助于将基于性别的污名化在享有盛誉的仲裁任命和国际仲裁律师事务所梯队中的细微差别背景化。该论文确定，污名化的经历推动了精英女性专业人士及其性别平等意识。