Musawah, Abolish 153 & Harvard Law School CEDAW Joint Thematic Report on Kuwait (2024)
Musawah, together with Abolish 153 and Harvard Law School Program on Law & Society in the Muslim World, submitted a Thematic Report on Kuwait to the CEDAW Committee for review during the 88th session in May 2024. This report examines Kuwait’s law, policy and practice that enforces de jure and de facto discrimination against women in […]
العنف ضد المرأة في المجتمعات العربية : الإشكاليات وآفاق التغيير في الفقه والقانون
يأتي هذا البحث نتاج عمل “مجموعة العنف ضد المرأة” التي شكّلتها حركة مساواة في أبريل 2021؛ و”مجموعة العنف ضد المرأة” هي واحدة من ثلاث مجموعات شُكِّلت تحت أنشطة عمل حملة “نحو قوانين أكثر عدالة للأسرة المسلمة” التي جرى إطلاقها في مايو 2020 استمر العمل على هذا المنتج البحثي لما يقرب من عام بين فريق بحثي […]
Country Table – Kuwait (Arabic)
لقد بدأت حركة مساواة في عام 2016، في إعداد الجداول الخاصة بالأُطر التشريعية، والسوابق القضائية، والسياسات، والإجراءات، والممارسات، في 12 مسألة تتعلق بقوانين الأسرة. ولقد أثبتت التعديلات التشريعية، في عددٍ من السياقات في الدول ذات الأغلبية المسلمة، أن تلك القوانين، مبنية بالأساس، علي الفقه، وليس الشريعة، لذا فهي ليست إلهية، أو .غير قابلة للتغيير، بل […]
Musawah Oral Statement on Kuwait (2011)
In October 2011 – The Musawah Thematic Report on Kuwait and Oman was submitted to the CEDAW Committee for review at its 50th Session.This is the Oral Statement on Kuwait delivered at the 50th Session of the CEDAW Committee.
Musawah Thematic Report on Kuwait and Oman (2011)
In October 2011 – The Musawah Thematic Report on Kuwait and Oman was submitted to the CEDAW Committee for review at its 50th Session. This report takes a critical look at marriage and family relations in both Kuwait and Oman, members states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). This is Musawah’s first thematic report on Article 16.
Musawah & Abolish 153 Joint Thematic Report on Kuwait (2017)
In October 2017 – Musawah and Abolish Article 153, submitted a Joint Thematic Report on Article 16 for Kuwait, to the CEDAW Committee for review at its 68th Session in Geneva, Switzerland. The report examines Kuwaiti Personal Status Act (KPSA) that enforces discrimination against women in the following areas: equality in marriage, women’s consent and capacity to enter into marriage, child and early marriage, polygamy and divorce rights. The report also specifically highlights issues of gender-based violence in the context of family and discriminatory legal provisions, including Article 153 of the Kuwaiti Penal Code, which effectively gives men regulatory power over their female kin. Additionally the report contains sections on positive developments in Muslim family laws, with examples of good and better practices from other Muslim contexts, based on Musawah’s research and comparative analysis of family laws and practices in 31 countries.
Musawah & Abolish 153 Joint Oral Statement on Kuwait (2017)
In October 2017 – Musawah and Abolish Article 153, submitted a Joint Thematic Report on Article 16 for Kuwait, to the CEDAW Committee for review at its 68th Session in Geneva, Switzerland. The report examines Kuwaiti Personal Status Act (KPSA) that enforces discrimination against women in the following areas: equality in marriage, women’s consent and capacity to enter into marriage, child and early marriage, polygamy and divorce rights. The report also specifically highlights issues of gender-based violence in the context of family and discriminatory legal provisions, including Article 153 of the Kuwaiti Penal Code, which effectively gives men regulatory power over their female kin. Additionally the report contains sections on positive developments in Muslim family laws, with examples of good and better practices from other Muslim contexts, based on Musawah’s research and comparative analysis of family laws and practices in 31 countries.
Country Table – Kuwait
In 2016, Musawah began compiling country tables containing an overview of legislative frameworks, available case law, policies, procedures and practices in the 12 principal areas of concern relating to Muslim family laws. Law reforms in multiple Muslim contexts proves that these laws are based on fiqh and thus not divine or unchangeable, and so must be reformed to address concerns and realities of people living today.
Compilation of Resources Related to Women’s Rights in Muslim Family Laws
The Compilation of Resources outlines and brings together resources from Musawah’s holistic framework – Islamic teachings, universal human rights, national and constitutional guarantees of equality, and the lived realities of women and men – broken down according to specific topics related to women’s rights in Muslim family laws. Over the past two decades, research and […]
