Feminist Activism, Women's Rights, and Legal Reform

Feminist Activism, Women's Rights, and Legal Reform
ISBN-10
1780329644
ISBN-13
9781780329642
Category
Social Science
Pages
258
Language
English
Published
2013-12-12
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Mulki Al Sharmani

Description

This ground-breaking collection investigates the relationship between feminist activism and legal reform as a pathway to gender justice and social change. Since the advent of feminist movements legal reform has been a popular and yet contentious vehicle for seeking women's rights and empowerment. This important book looks at comparative insights drawn from field-based research on the processes, the challenges, and the outcomes of legal reform and feminist activism. Feminist Activism, Women's Rights, and Legal Reform brings together cases from Middle East, Latin America, and Asia of the successes and failures of reform efforts concerning the promulgation and implementation of new family laws and domestic violence codes.

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