Jerrlyn Uduch Sengebau Senior

Jerrlyn Uduch Sengebau Senior is a Palauan lawyer, judge, and politician. She has been a member of the Senate of Palau since 2013.[1]

Senior attended primary school in Palau before receiving her high school education in Hawaii. She subsequently studied at the University of Hawaii, receiving a Bachelor of Arts and then graduating with a Juris Doctor degree in 1993. She returned to work in Palau as a staff attorney of the Micronesian Legal Services Corporation, and also worked as an assistant attorney general, an associate judge of the Land Court and an associate justice pro tem of the appellate division of the Supreme Court of Palau. She was senior judge of the Land Court from 2003 until her resignation in 2007. Senior then worked as a lawyer in private practice until her election to parliament.[1][2]

She was first elected to the Senate at the 2012 election.[3] In her first term, she introduced a bill mandating maternity leave and banning discrimination against pregnant women, and advocated for gender equality in public office.[4][5] She also established a non-government organisation, Centre for Women’s Empowerment Palau, to support women in leadership positions.[1] She was re-elected at the 2016 election.[6] She was formerly the Chairperson of the Senate Judiciary & Governmental Affairs Committee, but resigned in July 2017.[7][8]

References
  1. "Palauan Senator encourages women's economic independence". Pacific Women. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. "Senator to meet with Palauans on Saipan". Marianas Variety. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. "REPUBLIC OF PALU LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 6 NOVEMBER 2012". Psephos. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. "Palauan women break the political glass ceiling". Pacific Island Times. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. "Rapid Health Impact Assessment of the Maternity Leave Bill (S.B. 9-20-SD2)" (PDF). Health Impact Assessment Working Group. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  6. "REPUBLIC OF PALU LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 1 NOVEMBER 2016". Psephos. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  7. "Advisors". International Women's Peace Group. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  8. "Sen. Uduch Senior resigns from Senate committee memberships". Island Times. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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