Law reform

البحرين: لتوصيل رأيها في قانون الجنسية: الحملة الوطنية للجنسية تخاطب الشورى والنواب

International: Child abduction and custody laws in the Muslim world

It must be appreciated that family law in the majority of Muslim countries is based largely on religious teachings, although the interpretation and application of these teachings can be diverse. Therefore, there is no one Islamic law applicable to all.

Bahrain: Bahrain women battle for their rights

Bahraini women are battling a male-dominated society and powerful Islamists in their quest for reforms that would shift jurisdiction over family and women's affairs from Islamic to civil courts.

هل أنصفت التعديلات الحكومية لقانون الجنسية أبناء البحرينية المتزوجة من أجنبي؟!

International: Seeking justice through Islam

Islamic scholars and thinkers confirm that there is a need to question laws made in the name of religion, to ensure justice is done.

International: Campaign for Arab women’s right to nationality

The Women's Learning Partnership stands in solidarity with partners in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Gulf regions to call for women's equal citizenship rights, including equal rights to confer nationality to their spouses and children.

الكويت: المرشحة جنان بوشهري استقبلت ناخبي الدائرة الخامسة: الدولة مسؤولة عن توعية النساء سياسيا

International: Understanding a difficult verse

This essay examines the discourse on "women's status in Islam" by looking at one particular verse in the Qur'an, which is verse 34 from Surah An-Nisa (4:34).

Syria: Women's rights activists face resistance

When Sabah's husband left her in Syria and returned to his native Saudi Arabia, he didn't just leave his teenage daughter without a father. He also left her without a nationality.

Nepal: Nepal women hail divorce ruling

Women's rights activists in Nepal have hailed a Supreme Court's ruling to scrap a law that allowed men to seek divorce if their partner was infertile.