{"id":9983,"date":"2018-10-23T11:59:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/?p=9983"},"modified":"2018-10-23T11:59:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:59:51","slug":"feminist-advocacy-family-law-and-violence-against-women-international-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2018\/10\/feminist-advocacy-family-law-and-violence-against-women-international-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Feminist Advocacy, Family Law and Violence Against Women: International Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"

IDRC<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Around 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.<\/p>\n

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The book takes case studies from Brazil, India, Iran, Lebanon, Nigeria, Palestine, Senegal, and Turkey, using them to demonstrate in each case the varied history of family law, and the wide variety of issues impacting women\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

The editors<\/h2>\n

Mahnaz Afkhami\u00a0<\/strong>is Founder and President of Women\u2019s Learning Partnership, former Minister for Women\u2019s Affairs in Iran, and editor of\u00a0Faith and Freedom: Women\u2019s Human Rights in the Muslim World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Yak\u0131n Ert\u00fcrk\u00a0<\/strong>is 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\u00a0Violence without Borders: Paradigm, Policy and Praxis Concerning Violence Against Women<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ann Elizabeth Mayer\u00a0<\/strong>is Associate Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and author of\u00a0Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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