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One of the major issues in the reconciliation of changing civic ideals with religious tenets is gender equality, and this is an ongoing challenge in both domestic and international affairs. Examining this conflict within the context of a range of issues including marriage and divorce, reproductive decision-making, violence against women and chil
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Introduction Religion and Gender Equality: Defining the Conflict
Fareda Banda and Lisa Fishbayn Joffe Part I: Gendered Rites: Gendered Rights? 1. Culture, Religion and Women's International Human Rights
Frances Raday 2. Marriage, Religion and Gender Equality
John Eekelaar 3. Gender, Religion and Human Rights in Africa
Fareda Banda 4. Implications of the Vatican Commitment to Complementarity for the Equality of the Sexes in Public Life
Mary Anne Case Section 2: Negotiating Gender and Religion in State Law 5. Between Strict Constructionist Sharia and Protecting Young Girls in Contemporary Northern Nigeria: The Case of Child Marriage (Ijb¿r)
Sarah Eltantawi 6. Spousal Relations and Horizons of Islamic Family Law Reform: The Role of Maq¿¿id al-shar¿¿a Discourses,
Celene Ayat Lizzio Seven: The Woes of WoW: The Women of the Wall as a Religious Social Movement and as a Metaphor
Pnina Lahav 8. Religious Coercion and Violence Against Women: The Case of Beit Shemesh,
Sima Zalcberg Block Section 3: Religious Divorce in Civil Courts 9. The Impact of "Foreign Law" Bans On The Struggle For Women's Equality Under Jewish Law in the United States of America
Lisa Fishbayn Joffe 10.
Systemic Misunderstandings Between Rabbinical Courts and Civil Courts: The Perspective of an American Rabbinical Court Judge
Aryeh Klapper 11.
'Socio-Legal Gendered Remedies to Get Refusal: Top Down, Bottom Up',
Yael Machtinger 12. Challenging Stereotypes: Gender Sensitive Imams and the Resolution of Family Disputes in Montreal
Anne Saris
About the author
Fareda Banda is a Law Professor at SOAS, UK where she teaches courses on Women's Rights, Family Law and Law and Society in Africa.
Lisa Fishbayn Joffe founded and directs the Project on Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute of Brandeis University, USA.
Summary
One of the major issues in the reconciliation of changing civic ideals with religious tenets is gender equality, and this is an ongoing challenge in both domestic and international affairs. Examining this conflict within the context of a range of issues including marriage and divorce, reproductive decision-making, violence against women and chil
