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Self-determination and women's rights in Muslim societies / edited by Chitra Raghavan and James P. Levine.

Contributor(s): Series: Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & lawPublication details: Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611682816
  • 1611682819
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Self-determination and women's rights in Muslim societies.DDC classification:
  • 323.3/4091767 23
LOC classification:
  • K644
Online resources:
Contents:
The politics of abortion policy in the heterogeneous "muslim world" / by Anissa Hølie -- Promoting a violence against women law in Morocco : legislative advocacy / by Grassroots-level NGOs, by Saida Kouzzi with Stephanie Willman Bordat -- No way out : the dual subordination of Muslim women in Indian legal culture / by Aziza Ahmed -- Reconsidering talaq : marriage, divorce, and sharia reform in the Republic of Maldives / by Anthony Marcus -- Female circumcision in Southeast Asia since the coming of Islam / by William G. Clarence-Smith -- The Moudawana and rural marital relationships : reformed or resolute / by Katja Zvan Elliott -- Negotiating female genital cutting (Sunat) in Southern Thailand / by Claudia Merli -- The marriage contract in the Maghreb : challenges and opportunities for women's rights / by Stephanie Willman Bordat with Saida Kouzzi -- Unsatisfactory aspects of women's rights to property in Uganda and proposals for reform / by Anthony Luyirika Kafumbe -- Triangulating reform in family law : the state, religion, and women's rights in comparative perspective / by Yøksel Sezgin -- Contemporary Iranian feminisms : definitions, narratives, and identity / by Roja Fazaeli.
Summary: An interdisciplinary anthology on the intersections of gender, Islam, and law.
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Includes index.

The politics of abortion policy in the heterogeneous "muslim world" / by Anissa Hølie -- Promoting a violence against women law in Morocco : legislative advocacy / by Grassroots-level NGOs, by Saida Kouzzi with Stephanie Willman Bordat -- No way out : the dual subordination of Muslim women in Indian legal culture / by Aziza Ahmed -- Reconsidering talaq : marriage, divorce, and sharia reform in the Republic of Maldives / by Anthony Marcus -- Female circumcision in Southeast Asia since the coming of Islam / by William G. Clarence-Smith -- The Moudawana and rural marital relationships : reformed or resolute / by Katja Zvan Elliott -- Negotiating female genital cutting (Sunat) in Southern Thailand / by Claudia Merli -- The marriage contract in the Maghreb : challenges and opportunities for women's rights / by Stephanie Willman Bordat with Saida Kouzzi -- Unsatisfactory aspects of women's rights to property in Uganda and proposals for reform / by Anthony Luyirika Kafumbe -- Triangulating reform in family law : the state, religion, and women's rights in comparative perspective / by Yøksel Sezgin -- Contemporary Iranian feminisms : definitions, narratives, and identity / by Roja Fazaeli.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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