Indian Muslim Women S Movement

Author : Zakia Soman, Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781649199874

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Indian Muslim Women’s Movement by Zakia Soman, Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz Pdf

This collection of essays and articles captures the beginning of the Muslim women’s movement in India in the last two decades. Written at different points during the journey, these pieces provide a glimpse into the collective tumultuous journey of women demanding reform in Muslim family law in India and for equal citizenship without discrimination. This journey was undertaken by ordinary women under their own leadership. This collection highlights the challenges faced by women. It also celebrates successes such as the organization of women into groups, abolition of triple talaq and women’s entry into the mazar of Haji Ali Dargah. This book is a collection of articles written by authors, individually and jointly in various newspapers, magazines, journals and other publications. It challenges the misogynist regressive norms for women in family set by patriarchal religious groups. It calls for state accountability in providing safety, security and equality to Muslim citizens. Based on experiences and insights from grounded struggle of ordinary women, these essays give hope and provide strength in addressing discrimination through shared vision and collective democratic action. It calls out the failure of conservative religious leadership as well as elected representatives in providing an enabling environment to the community and particularly, women. It calls out certain feminists for their dual standards and for unsuccessful attempts to weaken the movement for reform in family law led by ordinary Muslim women.

Author : Dr Noorjehan Safia Niaz,Zakia Soman
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 1649199864

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Indian Muslim Women's Movement: For Gender Justice and Equal Citizenship by Dr Noorjehan Safia Niaz,Zakia Soman Pdf

This collection of essays and articles captures the beginning of the Muslim women's movement in India in the last two decades. Written at different points during the journey, these pieces provide a glimpse into the collective tumultuous journey of women demanding reform in Muslim family law in India and for equal citizenship without discrimination. This journey was undertaken by ordinary women under their own leadership. This collection highlights the challenges faced by women. It also celebrates successes such as the organization of women into groups, abolition of triple talaq and women's entry into the mazar of Haji Ali Dargah. This book is a collection of articles written by authors, individually and jointly in various newspapers, magazines, journals and other publications. It challenges the misogynist regressive norms for women in family set by patriarchal religious groups. It calls for state accountability in providing safety, security and equality to Muslim citizens. Based on experiences and insights from grounded struggle of ordinary women, these essays give hope and provide strength in addressing discrimination through shared vision and collective democratic action. It calls out the failure of conservative religious leadership as well as elected representatives in providing an enabling environment to the community and particularly, women. It calls out certain feminists for their dual standards and for unsuccessful attempts to weaken the movement for reform in family law led by ordinary Muslim women.

Author : K. S. Durrany
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Christian women
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112192443

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The Women's Movement in Religious Communities in India by K. S. Durrany Pdf

Discusses women in the Hindu, Christian, and Muslim communities. Provides details of the functioning of women's movements. Some chapters provide background including the impact of the West on women's issues in the Social Reform Movement of the 19th century.

Author : Seema Kazi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : UCSC:32106014964701

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Muslim Women in India by Seema Kazi Pdf

This report locates the political, socio-economic and legal position of Muslim women within a historical framework, beginning with the evolution of Islam in India and its subsequent interaction with Indian society. It emphasizes the diversity of women in Muslim communities and the range of factors influencing their status. Kazi traces the developments in discourses of gender vis-à-vis Muslim women from the late nineteenth century to the present day, and describes Muslim women's transition from being British subjects to Indian citizens. Muslim women's contributions within the women's movement are outlined, as well as the challenges they face as members of India's largest religious minority community.

Author : Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz, Zakia Soman
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781638066620

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Courage Unlocked by Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz, Zakia Soman Pdf

In this book the authors have tried to fill up the pages of feminist history with the voices of Muslim women through their own lenses and their own voices. This collection of memoirs is meant to highlight the leadership potential and impact of a Muslim woman, her agency, her education, her fierce commitment and her fearlessness in the face of adversity. It is meant to create a historical record for future generations to inspire them and to educate them about the legacy that they have inherited. It is also meant to inspire more and more women to take up the charge of themselves, their community and their country.

Author : Maitrayee Chaudhuri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Feminism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004023474

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Indian Women's Movement by Maitrayee Chaudhuri Pdf

Author : Leslie J Calman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000010558

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Toward Empowerment by Leslie J Calman Pdf

Analyzing Indian women's groups as one sector of a complex of new grass-roots, non-party political movements, Dr. Caiman considers why and how a women's movement evolved in India when it did. She describes the nature, origins, and meanings of the movement for Indian women and discusses the movement's significance for Indian politics in general as w

Author : Azra Asghar Ali
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028657513

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The Emergence of Feminism Among Indian Muslim Women, 1920-1947 by Azra Asghar Ali Pdf

This book highlights the diverse efforts made by a wide range of groups--the government, Christian missionaries, social reformers, and the women themselves--to bring about the emancipation of Muslim women in India. It looks closely at changes in education and in medical care, particularly at government-sponsored programs to improve maternal health. It also details the struggle of women to win the right to vote. The book is based on primary archival research, making it an invaluable resource for students of women's history and of the history of British India.

Author : Vrinda Narain
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780802092786

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Reclaiming the Nation by Vrinda Narain Pdf

Living in pluralist India has had critical consequences for Muslim women who are expected to follow a determined and strict code of conduct. The impact of this contradiction is most evident in the continuing denial of gender equality within the family, as state regulation of gender roles in the private sphere ultimately affects the status of women in the public sphere. Reclaiming the Nation examines the relationship between gender and nation in post-colonial India through the lens of marginalized Muslim women. Drawing on feminist legal theory, postcolonial feminist theory, and critical race theory, Vrinda Narain explores the idea of citizenship as a potential vehicle for the emancipation of Muslim women. Citizenship, Narain argues, opens the possibility for Indian women to reclaim a sense of selfhood free from imposed identities. In promoting the hybridity of culture and the modernity of tradition, Narain shows how oppositional categories such as public versus private, Muslim versus feminist, and Western versus Indian have been used to deny women equal rights. A timely account of the struggle for liberation within a restrictive religious framework, Reclaiming the Nation is an insightful look at gender, nationhood, and the power of self-determination.

Author : Shahida Lateef
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035103147

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Muslim Women in India by Shahida Lateef Pdf

This book investigates the status and role in society of Muslim women in India. Based on a survey of nine major Indian cities in different states, it creates context in which issues such as education, literacy, social legislation and purdah can be understood

Author : Mengia Hong Tschalaer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107155770

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Muslim Women's Quest for Gender Justice by Mengia Hong Tschalaer Pdf

"Discusses the claim that understanding the legal world as plural is an important starting point to think about women's access to justice"--

Author : Ayesha Khan
Publisher : A P S R Publications
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : East Indians
ISBN : UVA:X004692191

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Rhetoric and Reform, Feminism Among Indian Muslims by Ayesha Khan Pdf

Author : Suad Joseph,Afsāna Naǧmābādī
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 873 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004128187

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Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures by Suad Joseph,Afsāna Naǧmābādī Pdf

Family, Law and Politics, Volume II of the Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, brings together over 360 entries on women, family, law, politics, and Islamic cultures around the world.

Author : Tahera Aftab
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789004158498

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Inscribing South Asian Muslim Women by Tahera Aftab Pdf

Offers an annotated source for the study of the public and private lives of South Asian Muslim women.

Author : Esita Sur
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000824605

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Revisiting Muslim Women’s Activism by Esita Sur Pdf

This book traces the evolution of organisational activism among Muslim women in India. It deconstructs the 'Muslim woman' as the monolith based on tropes like purdah, polygamy, and tin talaq and compels the reader to revisit the question of Muslim women’s individual and collective agency. The book argues that the political field, along with religion, moulds the nature and scope of Muslim women’s activism in India. It looks at the objectives of four Muslim women’s organisations: the Bazm-e-Niswan, the Awaaz-e-Niswaan, the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan and the India International Women’s Alliance (IIWA), in close interaction with the political landscape of Mumbai. The book explores the emergence of gender-inclusive interpretation of Muslim women’s rights by Muslim women activists and challenges the dominant and reductionist stereotypes on Muslim women, community, and absolutist ideas of Islam. It argues that Muslim women are not passive victims of their culture and religion, rather they can develop a critique of their marginality and subjugation from within the community. Revisiting Muslim Women’s Activism traces the evolution of a community-centric approach in women’s activism and records a fragmented view on women’s rights from within the community and religious leadership. It also delineates the distinctiveness of this activism that considers religion and culture as resources for empowerment and as sites of contestations. Moreover, the book documents the narratives of Muslim women’s struggle and resistance from their location and lived experiences. It will be of interest to students and researchers of women’s studies, gender studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, law, and Islamic studies.