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Mulki Al-Sharmani
Feminist Activism, Women’s Rights, and Legal Reform [PDF ebook]

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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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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 258 ● ISBN 9781780329642 ● Editor Mulki Al-Sharmani ● Publisher Zed Books ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2843699 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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