Following the publication of articles on progressive interpretations of Islam in our previous issues, we chose to highlight efforts by women historians to trace and recover women’s history at the advent of Islam. For the first time we have included pieces on Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world, where women actively struggle for...
Events for April 2024
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Dossier 5-6
This discussion started in Dossier No. 4 and we hope you will feed into it with your contributions, keeping in mind that we need to cross examine these questions in different parts of the Muslim world. By reproducing some of the ‘Alerts for Action’ which we sent out during the past months, we also bring...
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Dossier 4
In the last several months we have been attempting to put most of our documentation and the materials for Dossiers on a computerized documentation system. In the coming future we will make available bibliographical indexes from our documentation, allowing people to send us requests on what they may need. It is hoped that in future...
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Dossier 2
The Dossier 2 attempts to provide specific information on one region in keeping with our intentions of preparing and compiling information about lives and struggles of women living in Muslim contexts. The first part is on Pakistan, the second and major one on India. Contents: Introduction Pakistan: Legal systems, Islam and women in Pakistan. Pakistan:...
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Dossier 1
This Dossier 1 is our first compilation of papers, reports, appeals and other material on and around lives and struggles of women living under Muslim laws. The Dossier is intended to be a sort of an information-pack helping facilitate the exchange of informtion amongst women and women’s groups. Contents: Introduction Documents pertaining to the Network...