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Author:   Fareda Banda ,  Lisa Fishbayn Joffe
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9781138855977

ISBN 10:   1138855979
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   22 February 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Introduction Religion and Gender Equality: Defining the Conflict Fareda Banda and Lisa Fishbayn Joffe Part I: Gendered Rites: Gendered Rights? 1. Culture, Religion and Women’s International Human Rights Frances Raday 2. Marriage, Religion and Gender Equality John Eekelaar 3. Gender, Religion and Human Rights in Africa Fareda Banda 4. Implications of the Vatican Commitment to Complementarity for the Equality of the Sexes in Public Life Mary Anne Case Section 2: Negotiating Gender and Religion in State Law 5. Between Strict Constructionist Sharia and Protecting Young Girls in Contemporary Northern Nigeria: The Case of Child Marriage (Ijbār) Sarah Eltantawi 6. Spousal Relations and Horizons of Islamic Family Law Reform: The Role of Maqāṣid al-sharīʿa Discourses, Celene Ayat Lizzio Seven: The Woes of WoW: The Women of the Wall as a Religious Social Movement and as a Metaphor Pnina Lahav 8. Religious Coercion and Violence Against Women: The Case of Beit Shemesh, Sima Zalcberg Block Section 3: Religious Divorce in Civil Courts 9. 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 10. Systemic Misunderstandings Between Rabbinical Courts and Civil Courts: The Perspective of an American Rabbinical Court Judge Aryeh Klapper 11. 'Socio-Legal Gendered Remedies to Get Refusal: Top Down, Bottom Up', Yael Machtinger 12. Challenging Stereotypes: Gender Sensitive Imams and the Resolution of Family Disputes in Montreal Anne Saris"

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Fareda Banda is a Law Professor at SOAS, UK where she teaches courses on Women’s Rights, Family Law and Law and Society in Africa. Lisa Fishbayn Joffe founded and directs the Project on Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute of Brandeis University, USA.

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