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Feminist activism, women's rights, and legal reform /
This ground-breaking collection investigates the relationship between feminist activism and legal reform as a way 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. T...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Zed Books,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.