Feminist Advocacy, Family Law and Violence Against Women : International Perspectives / Edited by Mahnaz Afkhami, Yakin Ertürk and Ann Elizabeth Mayer.
Series Routledge Studies in Development and SocietyEditor: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, ©2019Edición: First EditionDescripción: xv, 267 pages ; 25 cmTipo de contenido:- text
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- K 3243 .F45 2019
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Around the world, discriminatory legislation prevents women from accessing their human rights. It can affect almost every aspect of a woman's life, including the right to choose a partner, inherit property, hold a job, and obtain child custody. Often referred to as family law, these laws have contributed to discrimination and to the justification of gender-based violence globally. This book demonstrates how women across the world are contributing to legal reform, helping to shape non-discriminatory policies and to counter current legal and social justifications for gender-based violence.
The book takes case studies from Brazil, India, Iran, Lebanon, Nigeria, Palestine, Senegal, and Turkey, using them to demosntrate in each case the varied history of family law and the wide variety of issues impacting women's equality in legislation. Interviews with prominent women's rights activists in three additional countries are also included, giving personal accounts of the successes and failures of past reform efforts. Overall, the book provides a complex global picture of current trends and strategies in the fight for a more egalitarian society.
These findings come at a critical moment for change. Across the globe, family law issues are contentious. We are simultaneously witnessing an increased demand for women's equality and the resurgence of fundamentalist forces that impede reform, invoking rules rooted in tradition, culture, and interpretations of religious texts. The outcome of these disputes has enormous ramifications for women's roles in the family and society. This book tackles these complexities head on, and will interest activists, practitioners, students, and scholars working on women's rights and gender-based violence.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Country case studies-- Feminist advocacy for family law reform: cross-country overview , Yakim Ertürk -- Brazil , Mariana Barsted, Leila Linhares, and Jacqueline Pitanguy -- India , Kalpana Kannabiran -- Iran , Mehrangiz Kar and Azadeh Pourzand -- Lebanon , Ziyad Baroud and Ghadir El-Alayli -- Nigeria , Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri -- Palestine , Luna Saadeh, Fidaa Barhouthi, and Fatmeh Muaqqet -- Senegal , Alpha Ba and Aminata Bousso Ly -- Turkey , Gökçeçicek Ayata and Ayşen Candaş -- Part II: Interviews -- Introduction to the interviews with leaders in the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Moroccan campaigns to reform family laws and eliminate gender-based violence , Haleh Vaziri -- Interview with Hoda Elsadda -- Interview with Asma Khader -- Interview with Rabéa Naciri -- Conclusion: reflections on recent progress and reversals in the war to curb violence against women , Ann Elizabeth Mayer.
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Mahnaz Afkhamiis Founder and President of Women's Learning Partnership, former Minister for Women's Affairs in Iran, and author of Faith and Freedom: Women's Human Rights in the Muslim World .
Yakın Ertürkis retired Professor of Sociology, former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences, former Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), and author of Violence without Borders: Paradigm, Policy and Praxis Concerning Violence Against Women .
Ann Elizabeth Mayer is Associate Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and author of Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics .