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This book offers an original Islamic interpretation of formal and substantive equality as requiring Bangladeshi husbands to stop appropriating wives’ earnings and to pay them maintenance and dower. Drawing on a deep understanding of national values, the author recommends Bangladesh criminalize income appropriation under existing anti-dowry legislation which does not apply to dower and could significantly improve the lives of working wives. Beverley Baines, Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University. Islam and Women`s Income (highlight title) provides a devastating critique of Bangladesh`s dowry system, which both reinforces patriarchal power and reduces married women`s control over their earned income. Indeed, Chowdhury develops a powerful argument for the importance of critically assessing the way cultural practices can interact with economic, political and legal forces to reinforce and legitimate gender inequality. This is a shocking and depressing story, but an essential read for scholars, development experts, policy makers and citizens concerned with developing a more gender equal world. Jane Parpart, Research Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston, Conflict Resolution, Human Security and Global Governance.

This book offers an original Islamic interpretation of formal and substantive equality as requiring Bangladeshi husbands to stop appropriating wives' earnings and to pay them maintenance and dower. Drawing on a deep understanding of national values, the author recommends Bangladesh criminalize income appropriation under existing anti-dowry legislation which does not apply to dower and could significantly improve the lives of working wives. Beverley Baines, Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University. Islam and Women`s Income (highlight title) provides a devastating critique of Bangladesh`s dowry system, which both reinforces patriarchal power and reduces married women`s control over their earned income. Indeed, Chowdhury develops a powerful argument for the importance of critically assessing the way cultural practices can interact with economic, political and legal forces to reinforce and legitimate gender inequality. This is a shocking and depressing story, but an essential read for scholars, development experts, policy makers and citizens concerned with developing a more gender equal world. Jane Parpart, Research Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston, Conflict Resolution, Human Security and Global Governance.

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Farah Deeba Chowdhury is a Scholar in Residence at the Global Labour Research Centre, York University, Canada. She has served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh and has also held an SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Gender Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. She specializes in the areas of Islam, gender and law; gender and work; gender and politics; and gender and development. She has published widely on these topics.

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