By Nadia Hijab
ISBN-10: 052126443X
ISBN-13: 9780521264433
Womanpower unveils the full of life yet little-reported debate on women's positions within the smooth Arab global. It paints an image drawn from person tales in addition to from nationwide improvement courses and makes an attempt to provide an explanation for why the method of social swap within the zone has been gradual and asymmetric by means of linking it to political and financial advancements. by means of illustrating specific themes--personal prestige legislation, improvement rules, political rights--with examples from particular international locations, Nadia Hijab builds up an informative evaluation of the Arab international this day.
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There were some laws on marriage dating back to colonial times, but these were abrogated in 1 975. According to the civil code of 1975, the judge was expected to act in accordance with the principles of Muslim rights, or according to custom, in the absence of any legal regulations. Writers on the status of women in Algeria frequently remark on the irony that women were pushed back into the home once the struggle for independence was won in 1962, although the new regime was determinedly socialist and although women had played an active and prominent role in the revolution.
Another Arab country that has reformed its personal status laws in quite a revolutionary way is the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, which also kept within the Islamic framework, although the revolution that led Yemen to independence in late 1967 was a Marxist one. The Yemeni Family Law was passed in 1 974 following extensive debates in what was a very conservative society. The provisions for divorce and polygamy are given in Table 1 . As can be seen, the law restricts but does not ban polygamy.
At one meeting on 9 May, women activists decided to form a delegation to go to parliament. The meeting was 31 The greatfamily law debate attended by women from the Wafd, the right-of-centre opposition party represented in parliament; from the Tagammu, the coalition of leftists, Nasserists and 'enlightened Islamists' who won no representation in parlia ment during the 1984 elections; from the women's committee in the Arab Lawyers' Union; from the Arab Women's Solidarity Association, a group that had recently won legal status; from the Family of the Future Associa tion in Cairo; and concerned individuals.
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