Legislating Marriages: Family Law Reform and Democratization in Africa and Asia
Mala Htun, University of New Mexico and Mounira Charrad, University of Texas
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How can we explain (the lack of) legal reforms toward gender equality within marriage in Africa and Asia? Under what conditions do democratisation/political transitions strengthen women’s rights within family laws, and when do they cause setbacks as the recent cases following the Arab spring might suggest?
There will be two lectures:
Sex Equality and the State: What Explains Progressive Policy on Family Law and Violence Against Women?
Mala Htun, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Mexico
Modernity within Islam: The Politics of Progressive Family Law Reform
Mounira Charrad, Associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas
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