Policy Paper 2 – Matrimonial Property Rights and International Human Rights Frameworks
As part of the Campaign for Justice, Musawah worked in collaboration with Legal Aid Society Pakistan on a national level initiative on women’s rights to matrimonial property (WRMP). As part of the collaboration, Musawah developed two policy papers for Pakistani practitioners on this topic. Paper 2 on Matrimonial Property Rights in Muslim Family Laws and […]
Policy Paper 1 – Making the Case for Matrimonial Property Rights in Muslim Family Laws
As part of the Campaign for Justice, Musawah worked in collaboration with Legal Aid Society Pakistan on a national level initiative on women’s rights to matrimonial property (WRMP). As part of the collaboration, Musawah developed two policy papers for Pakistani practitioners on this topic. Paper 1: Making the Case for Matrimonial Property Rights in Muslim […]
Survey Findings on the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women Living Under Discriminatory Muslim Family Laws
This paper, ‘Survey Findings on the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women Living Under Discriminatory Muslim Family Laws,’ is intended to better understand the gendered impacts of COVID-19, specifically how COVID-19 interacts with discriminatory Muslim family laws and the challenges faced by Muslim women who are subject to those laws. It is based on […]
Musawah Thematic Report on Pakistan (2020)
In February 2020, Musawah submitted a Thematic Report on Pakistan to the CEDAW Committee for review at its 75th Session in Geneva, Switzerland. This report examines Pakistan’s legal frameworks and practices that enforce de jure and de facto discrimination against women in the following areas: child marriage, forced marriage, polygamy, and unequal provisions for divorce […]
Comparative Legal Review of the Impact of Muslim Family Laws on Women Across Commonwealth Asia and Africa
The “Comparative Legal Review of the Impact of Muslim Family Laws on Women Across Commonwealth Asia and Africa” report, commissioned by Sisters For Change and authored by Musawah, provides a comprehensive legal review of Muslim family laws across Commonwealth Asia and Africa, analysing the nature and extent to which they discriminate against Muslim women and […]
Country Table – Pakistan
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.
حقائق من الداخل: تقرير عالمي عن المساواة في الأسرة المسلمة
جمع “حقائق من الداخل” تقارير مقدمة من منظمات وناشطات على المستوى الوطني من 30 دولة، ليقدم بذلك خلفية معلوماتية عن قوانين الأسرة وممارساتها في تلك البلدان، بما في ذلك تفاصيل أسباب كون المساواة في الأسرة ضرورية والفرص المتاحة لجعل المساواة في الأسرة ممكنة The ‘Home Truths: A Global Report on Equality in the Muslim […]
Home Truths: A Global Report on Equality in the Muslim Family
The ‘Home Truths: A Global Report on Equality in the Muslim Family‘ report, based on information provided by national groups, shows why equality in Muslim family laws is necessary and why it is possible in 30 countries. ‘Home Truths: A Global Report on Equality in the Muslim Family‘ is available in ENGLISH and ARABIC. Countries […]
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 […]
