Self-Determination and Women’s Rights in Muslim Societies.

By: Raghavan, ChitraContributor(s): Levine, James PMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and LawPublisher: Lebanon : Brandeis University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (269 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781611682816Subject(s): Equality before the law -- Islamic countries | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Islamic countries | Women''s rights -- Islamic countries | Women''s rights -- Religious aspects -- IslamGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Self-Determination and Women’s Rights in Muslim SocietiesDDC classification: 323.3/4091767 LOC classification: K644 -- .S45 2012ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover Page -- Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and Law -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1: Politics of Change -- 1. The Politics of Abortion Policy in the Heterogeneous "Muslim World" -- 2. Promoting a Violence against Women Law in Morocco: Legislative Advocacy by Grassroots-level NGOs -- 3. No Way Out: The Dual Subordination of Muslim Women in Indian Legal Culture -- Part 2: Law and Culture -- 4. Reconsidering Talaq: Marriage, Divorce, and Sharia Reform in the Republic of Maldives -- 5. Female Circumcision in Southeast Asia since the Coming of Islam -- 6. The Moudawana and Rural Marital Relationships: Reformed or Resolute? -- 7. Negotiating Female Genital Cutting (Sunat) in Southern Thailand -- Part 3: The Law in Action -- 8. The Marriage Contract in the Maghreb: Challenges and Opportunities for Women's Rights -- 9. Unsatisfactory Aspects of Women's Rights to Property in Uganda and Proposals for Reform -- Part 4: Feminist Identities -- 10. Triangulating Reform in Family Law: The State, Religion, and Women's Rights in Comparative Perspective -- 11. Contemporary Iranian Feminisms: Definitions, Narratives, and Identity -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: An interdisciplinary anthology on the intersections of gender, Islam, and law.
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Cover Page -- Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and Law -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1: Politics of Change -- 1. The Politics of Abortion Policy in the Heterogeneous "Muslim World" -- 2. Promoting a Violence against Women Law in Morocco: Legislative Advocacy by Grassroots-level NGOs -- 3. No Way Out: The Dual Subordination of Muslim Women in Indian Legal Culture -- Part 2: Law and Culture -- 4. Reconsidering Talaq: Marriage, Divorce, and Sharia Reform in the Republic of Maldives -- 5. Female Circumcision in Southeast Asia since the Coming of Islam -- 6. The Moudawana and Rural Marital Relationships: Reformed or Resolute? -- 7. Negotiating Female Genital Cutting (Sunat) in Southern Thailand -- Part 3: The Law in Action -- 8. The Marriage Contract in the Maghreb: Challenges and Opportunities for Women's Rights -- 9. Unsatisfactory Aspects of Women's Rights to Property in Uganda and Proposals for Reform -- Part 4: Feminist Identities -- 10. Triangulating Reform in Family Law: The State, Religion, and Women's Rights in Comparative Perspective -- 11. Contemporary Iranian Feminisms: Definitions, Narratives, and Identity -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Index.

An interdisciplinary anthology on the intersections of gender, Islam, and law.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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