Knowing Our Rights: Women, family, laws and customs in the Muslim world - 3rd edition
Publication Author:
WLUML
Date:
December 2006 | Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| PDF Document | 1.57 MB |
number of pages:
362
ISBN/ISSN:
0-9544943-4-2
Languages available:
English This third and completely revised version of the "Knowing Our Rights" handbook is an essential resource for those taking a critical and questioning approach to rights, laws, and constructions of womanhood in Muslim countries and communities and beyond. "Knowing Our Rights" forms part of the international synthesis of the Women & Law in the Muslim world Programme and is based on some 10 years of field experience, research and analysis by multi-disciplinary teams of networkers in over 20 countries across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
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