Feminist Activism, Women's Rights, and Legal Reform

Herausgeber: Sharmani, Mulki Al; Cornwall, Andrea

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This ground-breaking collection investigates the relationship between feminist activism and legal reform as a pathway to gender justice and social change. Since the advent of feminist movements legal reform has been a popular and yet contentious vehicle for seeking women's rights and empowerment. This important book looks at comparative insights drawn from field-based research on the processes, the challenges, and the outcomes of legal reform and feminist activism. Feminist Activism, Women's Rights, and Legal Reform brings together cases from Middle East, Latin America, and Asia of the successes and failures of reform efforts concerning the promulgation and implementation of new family laws and domestic violence codes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 143mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 339g
• ISBN-13: 9781780329628
• ISBN-10: 1780329628
• Artikelnr.: 39076540

Autorenporträt

Mulki Al-Sharmani is an Academy of Finland research fellow and lecturer in the Study of Religion Unit, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Legal Reform and Feminist Activism
Mulki Al
Sharmani 1. Debating Islamic Family Law in Palestine: Citizenship, Gender, and 'Islamic' Idioms
Nahda Shehada 2. Readjusting Women's Too Many Rights: The State, the Public Voice, and Women's Rights in South Yemen
Susanne Dahlgren 3. Reforming Egyptian Family Laws: The Debate about a New Substantive Code
Mulki Al
Sharmani 4. Men Aboard? Movement for a Uniform Family Code in Bangladesh
Sohela Nazneen 5. From Status to Rights: The Shifting Dimensions of Women's Activism in Iranian Family Law Reform
Arzoo Osanloo 6. Moroccan Divorce Law, Family Court Judges, and Spouses' Claims: Who Pays the Cost When a Marriage is Over?
Jessica Carlisle 7. Organizing to Monitor Implementation of the Maria da Penha Law in Brazil
Silvia de Aquino 8. Implementing Domestic Violence Legislation in Ghana: The Role of Institutions
Takyiwaa Manuh and Angela Dwamena
Aboagye