This is a partial list of organisations, coalitions and networks (national, regional and international) that are involved in working for equality and justice in Muslim families or have resources that can be used to help with research and advocacy around family law issues.

Arab Women Organisation (Jordan)

Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (Morocco)

ASMA Society (United States)

Aurat Foundation (Pakistan)

Bahrain Women's Association (Bahrain)

BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights (Nigeria)

Canadian Council of Muslim Women (Canada)

Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (Egypt)

Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies

Egyptian Foundation for Family Development (Egypt)

FAHMINA Foundation (Indonesia)

FATIMA Women's Network (United Kingdom)

Femin-Ijtihad (Afghanistan)

Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices (Gambia)

International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW Asia Pacific)

Islamic Women's Welfare Council of Australia (Australia)

Jordanian Women's Union (Jordan)

Kandahar Treasure (Afghanistan)

Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights (United States)

Lebanese Association of Women Researchers (BAHITHAT) (Lebanon)

Lebanese Council to Resist Violence against Women (Lebanon)

Mada al-Carmel - The Arab Center for Applied Social Research (Palestine 1948 (Israel))

Meydaan Women (Iran)

Muslim Institute (United Kingdom)

Muslim Women's Network UK (United Kingdom)

Muslim Women's Reseach and Action Forum (Sri Lanka)

Muslims for Progressive Values (United States)

Network of Women's Rights Organizations (Egypt)

New Woman Foundation (Egypt)

PEKKA: Empowering Women Heads of Households (Indonesia)

Rahima: Center for Education and Information on Islam and Women's Rights Issues (Indonesia)

Rights & Democracy Afghanistan (Afghanistan)

SALINGAN: Alternative Legal Assistance Center (Philippines)

Shirkat Gah - Women's Resource Centre (Pakistan)

Sisterhood is Global Institute (Jordan)

Sisters in Islam (Malaysia)

STEPS Women's Development Organisation (India)

Stop Stoning Forever Campaign

Women and Memory Forum (Egypt)

Women Living Under Muslim Laws

Women for Women's Human Rights – NEW WAYS (Turkey)

Women's Affairs Technical Committee (Palestine)

Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (Palestine)

Women's Empowerment in Muslim Contexts

Women's Forum for Research and Training (Yemen)

Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality

Women's Leadership Institute (Iraq)

Women’s Learning Partnership

Women's Research and Action Group (India)

1. Three English translations of the Qur'an (by Yusuf Ali, Marmaduke Mohammad Pickthall and M. H. Shakir) are available online: http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/.
    
2. A Hadith database is available online: http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/searchhadith.html. Note the warning on the first page of the site that the database is merely a tool and not a substitute for learning or scholarship in Islam.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)  English   Arabic   French   Other Languages

Core International Human Rights Instruments  English  Arabic  French

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)  English  French
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)  English  French
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) English  Arabic  French
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1999) English  Arabic  French
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) English  Arabic  French
• NOTE that the treaty bodies’ General Comments/Recommendations, Summary Records, Concluding Observations, and jurisprudence from communications and inquiries can also be used to justify equality and justice in the family. These are available on the website of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.  An important General Recommendation for family matters is CEDAW General Recommendation No. 21.

Other UN Treaties and Conventions

• Convention on the Political Rights of Women (1952)  English
• Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959) English
• Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages (1962) English Arabic  French
• Convention on the Nationality of Married Women (1957)  English

UN Declarations and Platforms for Action

• Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (1993) English  French
• Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993) English  French
• Beijing Declaration (1995)  English
• Being Platform for Action (1995)  English

Regional Treaties and Conventions

• Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2003)  English  French
• European Convention on Human Rights (Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) (1950)  English  French

Treaties and Declarations from other multilateral bodies, such as the OIC and NAM

• Putrajaya Declaration and Programme of Action on the Advancement of Women in Member Countries of the Non-Aligned Movement (2005)   English

NGO Shadow Reports to the CEDAW Committee since 2004

• Knowing Our Rights: Women, family, laws and customs in the Muslim world (3rd edition, Dec 2006), available from Women Living Under Muslim Laws.


• Guide to Equality in the Family in the Maghreb (2005), available in English and Persian from Women's Learning Partnership.


• Our Rights Are Not Optional: Advocating for the implementation of CEDAW through its Optional Protocol (updated 2008), available from International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific.


• Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Manual for Women (2001), available in 16 languages from Women's Learning Partnership.


• Model Marriage Contract (2008) and report entitled Conditions, not Conflict, available in English, French and Arabic from Global Rights Maghreb.


• Promoting Women's Rights in the Maghreb: Discussion Booklet on the Marriage Contract (2009), available in English, French and Arabic from Global Rights Maghreb.


• Shared Insights: Women's Rights Activists Define Religious Fundamentalisms (2009), available from AWID.   English   French   Spanish


• Religious Fundamentalisms on the Rise: A Case for Action (2009), available from AWID.   English   French   Spanish


• Exposed: Ten Myths about Religious Fundamentalisms (2009), available from AWID.   English    French    Spanish


• New Insights on Religious Fundamentalisms: Research Highlights (2009), available from AWID.   English    French    Spanish


• Iranian Women's One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality: The Inside Story (2009), by Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, available in English from Women's Learning Partnership.