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

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law.
Other Authors: Raghavan, Chitra
Levine, James P.
Language:English
Published: Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, [2012], ©2012.
Series:Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law.
Subjects:
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Islamic countries.
Women's rights > Islamic countries.
Women's rights > Religious aspects > Islam.
Equality before the law > Islamic countries.
Physical Description:xxix, 338 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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.