Rural Women’s Access to Land and Property in Selected Countries. Progress Towards Achieving the Aims of Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. This study provides information on the historical background to the Convention and its...
Chapter 13, entitled “Female Genital Mutilation: Stories from Africa”, is the most relevant in this book. It highlights empirical stories about FGM from Africa, and includes testimonies by women who suffered the culture while facilitating an understanding Female Genital Mutilation from a...
Sos Sexisme souhaite que l'oppression millénaire subie par les femmes à travers le monde, depuis l'avènement du patriarcat, fasse l'objet d'une dénonciation officielle et de dédommagements de la part des Gouvernements respectifs, pour que cessent, enfin, les discriminations et les crimes à leur...
The conceptual contradiction between the cultural dimension of freedom of religion and the fundamental rights of women as individuals in the light of religion and traditions forms the framework of this study. The author posits that the significance of that contradiction can be understood only...
In this comprehensive study, Professor Coulson discusses the classical Islamic law as it applied to problems of succession and reforms introduced by modern statutes.
This book [in German] was produced as part of Terre des Femmes’ campaign against ‘honour crimes’ and is divided into four sections. The first section contains contributions on religion and honour and the legal legitimisation of such killings in the laws of Jordan, Turkey and Pakistan. The second...
Baghi discusses stoning from eight different vantage points: human rights, the Quran, traditional Islamic jurisprudence, as a case study, interest of Islam, legal perspective, emotional impact, and historical and sociological perspective.
The Habitat Agenda is the main political document that came out of the Habitat II conference in Istanbul, Turkey 3 to 14 June 1996. Adopted by 171 countries, at what was called the City Summit it contains over 100 commitments and 600 recommendations on human settlements issues. The agenda has...
Chapter IV; Verses 11, 12, and 176 are the three main verses which deal with inheritance. There are also other verses which have a bearing on the question of inheritance.
