Musawah’s Global Conference on Muslim Family Law Reform (23-28 Nov 2020) presents an Artivism Gallery, featuring:
An interview with Faizati, whose comics are famously known for their humour and social commentary. In our interview with the cartoonist, she talks about…
Musawah’s Global Conference on Muslim Family Law Reform (23-28 Nov 2020) presents an Artivism Gallery, featuring:
An interview with Ani Zonneveld, a Malaysian-American singer, songwriter, activist and writer based in Los Angeles. She is the first Malaysian person to…
Musawah’s Global Conference on Muslim Family Law Reform (23-28 Nov 2020) presents an Artivism Gallery, featuring:
An interview and performance by Zamzuriah Zahari. Zamzuriah is a dancer, singer, director and performer from the Malaysian state of Kelantan who specialises in…
Mala Htun and Francesca Jensenius present their research findings on the linkages between family laws and women’s economic agency and on the question of why family laws remain discriminatory in a large group of countries despite widespread advances in women’s…
This webinar, titled “Muslim Women Creating New Futures: The Campaign for Justice in Muslim Family Laws,” highlights the voices of Muslim women activists campaigning for egalitarian reform in Muslim family laws across Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa,…
Zakia Soman and Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz are co-founders of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) in India and co-authors of the recently published “Indian Muslim Women’s Movement: For Gender Justice and Equal Citizenship.” In this eponymous webinar, they discussed their…
Musawah hosted a webinar titled ‘Why Muslim Family Law Reform? Why Now? Regional Perspectives,’ featuring Hala Al-Karib of SIHA Network, and Marwa Sharafeldin and Zainah Anwar of Musawah, moderated by Hyshyama Hamin of Musawah and MPLRAG.
Many countries at the…
Over 45 countries in the world (some with Muslim-majority populations and Muslim minorities) have codified or uncodified Muslim family laws that govern family relationships. Many of these laws are unfair and unjust towards women and girls. But we have been…
Musawah’s Campaign for Justice in Muslim Family Laws brings together women’s rights activists, academics and policy makers in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa to create a global momentum for the urgent necessity to end discrimination against women in the…
As discussions open up and research is done on the gendered impacts of this pandemic, the findings will yet offer further evidence that, without equality in the home, women bear the consequences not just in their private lives, but also…