TY  - BOOK
AU  - Akhami,Mahnaz
AU  - Ertürk,Yakın
AU  - Mayer,Ann Elizabeth
ED  - Taylor and Francis.
TI  - Feminist Advocacy, Family Law and Violence against Women: International Perspectives 
T2  - Routledge Studies in Development and Society
SN  - 9780429438202
AV  - K3243 
U1  -  342.08/78 
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Boca Raton, FL
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Women's rights
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Feminism
KW  - Domestic relations
KW  - Women
KW  - Crimes against
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Civil society
KW  - Discrimination
KW  - developing countries
KW  - Family law
KW  - Global South
KW  - gender equality
KW  - gender-based violence
KW  - human rights
KW  - India
KW  - Iran
KW  - Lebanon
KW  - Legislative reform
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Palstine
KW  - Senegal
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Women's Learning Partnership
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction --Mahnaz Afkhami --; PART I Country Case Studies --; 2. Feminist Advocacy for Family Law Reform: Cross-country overview --; Yakn Ertrk --; 3. Brazil --; Maria Barsted, Leila Linhares, and Jacqueline Pitanguy --; 4. India --; Kalpana Kannabiran --; 5. Iran --; Mehrangiz Kar and Azadeh Pourzand --; 6. Lebanon-- Ziyad Baroud and Ghadir El-Alayli --; 7. Nigeria --; Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri --; 8. Palestine --Luna Saadeh, Fidaa Barghouthi, and Fatmeh Muaqqet --; 9. Senegal --; Alpha Ba and Aminata Bousso Ly --; 10. Turkey --; Gkeiek Ayata and Ayen Canda --; PART II Interviews --; Introduction to the interviews with Leaders in the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Moroccan Campaigns to Reform Family Laws and Eliminate Gender-based Violence --Haleh Vaziri --; 11. Interview with Hoda Elsadda --; 12. Interview with Asma Khader --; 13. Interview with Raba Naciri --; 14. Conclusion: Reflections on Recent Progress and Reversals in the War to Curb Violence against Women --Ann Elizabeth Mayer; Also available in print format
N2  - Around the world, discriminatory legislation prevents women from accessing their human rights. It can affect almost every aspect of a woman's life, including the right to choose a partner, inherit property, hold a job, and obtain child custody. Often referred to as family law, these laws have contributed to discrimination and to the justification of gender-based violence globally. This book demonstrates how women across the world are contributing to legal reform, helping to shape non-discriminatory policies and to counter current legal and social justifications for gender-based violence. The book takes case studies from Brazil, India, Iran, Lebanon, Nigeria, Palestine, Senegal, and Turkey, using them to demosntrate in each case the varied history of family law and the wide variety of issues impacting women's equality in legislation. Interviews with prominent women's rights activists in three additional countries are also included, giving personal accounts of the successes and failures of past reform efforts. Overall, the book provides a complex global picture of current trends and strategies in the fight for a more egalitarian society.These findings come at a critical moment for change. Across the globe, family law issues are contentious. We are simultaneously witnessing an increased demand for women's equality and the resurgence of fundamentalist forces that impede reform,invoking rules rooted in tradition, culture, and interpretations of religious texts. The outcome of these disputes has enormousramifications for women's roles in the family and society. This book tackles these complexities head on, and will interest activists, practitioners, students, and scholars working on women's rights and gender-based violence
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429438202
ER  -