Miscellaneous

Occasional Paper 8: Reform of Personal Status Laws in North Africa: A Problem of Islamic or Mediterranean laws?

There is a tendency in the West to exaggerate the gap between the evolution of Western family laws and the evolution of family laws in Muslim countries. By comparing the changes in the legal definitions of marriage and the relationship of the spouses in French law, the secular laws of Turkey, and the laws of North African countries, this article reveals similar patterns in legal evolution on the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean.

Dossier 11-12-13

Les informations contenues dans les Dossiers ne représentent pas forcément les idées, les opinions ou une prise de position particulière propres aux personnes qui les ont réalisés ou au réseau Femmes Sous Lois Musulmanes - sauf si cela est spécifié. Le but des Dossiers est de rendre accessible le plus large éventail possible de tendances émergeant ou existant à l'intérieur des divers mouvements.

The Daughters of Amazons: Voices from Central Asia

Assertions of Self: The Nascent Women’s Movement in Central Asia

Islam, Islamisation and Women in Africa

A general introductory bibliography.

Women’s Reproductive Rights in Muslim Communities and Countries: Issues and Resources

Research and writing about women and Muslim communities, the role & attitude of the state towards religious authority, the contemporary status of Islamist social movements and so on.

Dossier 9-10

The Dossiers explore and synthesize a broad range of feelings, interpretations and strategies of women on issues of feminism, nationalism, internationalism, and religion.

Kit d’information sur la Délégation du Droit au Divorce par Contrat ou Talaq ba Tafouiz

Ce dossier est destiné à informer les femmes vivant sous lois musulmanes d’une pratique admise par l’Islam: la délégation du droit au divorce, ou talaq ba tafouiz. Des documents, émanant de différents pays et communautés musulmanes, offrent des exemples concrets de la façon dont les femmes ont utilisé cette option.

Dossier 5-6

This discussion started in Dossier No. 4 and we hope you will feed into it with your contributions, keeping in mind that we need to cross examine these questions in different parts of the Muslim world.

By reproducing some of the ‘Alerts for Action’ which we sent out during the past months, we also bring to your attention some of the problems that women in the migrant communities face and the need for solidarity from and with women’s groups in Muslim contexts.