Implementing domestic violence legislation in Ghana : the role of institutions / Takyiwaa Manuh and Angela Dwamena-Aboagye. Debating Islamic family law in Palestine : citizenship, gender, and 'Islamic' idioms / Nahda Shehada -- Readjusting women's too many rights : the state, the public voice, and women's rights in south Yemen / Susanne Dahlgren -- Reforming Egyptian family laws : the debate about a new substantive code / Mulki Al-Sharmani -- Men aboard? : movement for a uniform family code in Bangladesh / Sohela Nazneen -- From status to rights : the shifting dimensions of women's activism in Iranian family law reform / Arzoo Osanloo -- Moroccan divorce law, family court judges, and spouses' claims : who pays the cost when a marriage is over? / Jessica Carlisle -- Organizing to monitor implementation of the Maria da Penha Law in Brazil / Silvia de Aquino -- Implementing domestic violence legislation in Ghana : the role of institutions / Takyiwaa Manuh and Angela Dwamena-Aboagye.
Summary:
Essays about the relationship between feminist activism and legal reform as a pathway to gender justice and social change in Iran, South Yemen, Egypt, Bangladesh, Morocco, Brazil and Ghana.
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