NEW PUBLICATION Women Living Under Muslim Laws is pleased to launch Bridging Hope and Justice: Reflections on Sima Samar’s Life of Service in Afghanistan by Diana Reno. For decades, Dr. Sima Samar has stood at the forefront of the struggle for human rights, women’s rights, education, healthcare, and democratic participation in Afghanistan. From founding hospitals...
Abstract: This paper analyses the post‑Monsoon Revolution political settlement in Bangladesh by tracing how women’s central role in the 2024 July uprising was followed by their systematic exclusion from formal politics. Drawing on election data, media reporting, and feminist‑rights advocacy, it argues that the 2026 parliamentary polls, producing the lowest share of women MPs since...
WLUML proudly congratulates our board member Dr. Mona Tajali on her recent publication titled “State Gender Ideology and National Women’s Machinery: A Necessary Shift in Focus” in the journal French Politics. Abstract Advocates of women’s rights in many Muslim countries have long demanded the formation of state-level institutional structures that promote and protect women’s rights, in...
