Women's rights and religious law: domestic and international perspectives

Culture, religion and women's international human rights / Frances Raday -- Marriage, religion and gender equality / John Eekelaar -- Gender, religion and human rights in Africa / Fareda Banda -- Implications of the Vatican commitment to complementarity for the equality of the sexes in public l...

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Contributors: Banda, Fareda (Editor) ; Joffe, Lisa Fishbayn (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London New York Routledge 2016
In:Year: 2016
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Edition:First published
Series/Journal:Law and religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / Law / Feminist jurisprudence
Further subjects:B Women's Rights
B Religious law and legislation
B Women and religion
B Women Legal status, laws, etc
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:Culture, religion and women's international human rights / Frances Raday -- Marriage, religion and gender equality / John Eekelaar -- Gender, religion and human rights in Africa / Fareda Banda -- Implications of the Vatican commitment to complementarity for the equality of the sexes in public life / Mary Anne Case -- Between strict constructionist sharia and protecting young girls in contemporary northern Nigeria : the case of child marriage (ijbar) / Sarah Eltantawi -- Family law reform, spousal relations, and the "intentions of Islamic law" / Celene Ibrahim -- The woes of WoW : the Women of the Wall as a religious social movement and as a metaphor / Pnina Lahav -- Religious coercion and violence against women : the case of Beit Shemesh / Sima Zalcberg Block -- The impact of "foreign law" bans on the struggle for women's equality under Jewish law in the United States of America / Lisa Fishbayn Joffe -- Systemic misunderstanding between rabbinical courts and civil courts : the perspective of an American rabbinical court judge / Aryeh Klapper -- Socio-legal gendered remedies to get refusal : top down, bottom up / Yael Machtinger -- Challenging stereotypes : gender sensitive- imams and the resolution of family disputes in Montreal / Anne Saris
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1315720000