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Islamic Feminisms Rights and Interpretations Across Generations in Iran
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Situating the Self
Memories
Chapter 1. Iranian Women’s Movement: Narratives of Dissent
Overview
The Iranian Women’s Movement: A Brief Historical Account 1872-2012
Iranian Women’s Movement through: Offline and Online Media
Pahlavi Period (1925-1979)
1979- 2009: the Rise and the Fall of Women’s Print Media
Chapter II. Contemporary Feminism in Iran: Definitions, Narratives and Identity
Introduction
The Struggle to Define "Islamic Feminism"
Chapter III. Women’s Rights in Islam: An Iranian Case StudyIntroduction
Divorce
Conclusion
Chapter IV. Human Rights, Islam and the debate around CEDAW
Introduction
A Brief Background to CEDAW
International Debate: CEDAW and Muslim-majority countries
Iranian Debates on CEDAW
Conclusion: A Personal Account
INDEX
Biography
Dr Roja Fazaeli is Lecturer in Islamic Civilizations, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. She has published widely on the topics of Islam and gender, Islamic feminism and human rights.
This book is an important contribution to the study of Iranian women’s struggle for legal equality since the early twentieth century. With a fascinating personal account of the aftermath of the 1979 revolution that brought clerics to power, Fazaeli chronicles the coming of age of an indigenous feminism that has challenged the official interpretation of ‘Shari‘a’. Ziba Mir-Hosseini, SOAS University of London
A child of revolution and a martyr’s daughter, Fazaeli situates herself in the ongoing resilient political activism of Iranian women in their pursuit of legal and political equality, despite the relentless state obstruction and harassment. She has written a highly engaging, intelligent and readable book. I recommend this book enthusiastically. Shahla Haeri, Associate Professor, Boston University.
At a time when the discourse on Islam and women's rights is increasingly characterized by polemics and one-dimensional debates that generate more heat than light, Roja Fazaeli's fascinating study offers a measured, nuanced, and lucid account of the complex interrelationship between the forces that shape the struggle for gender equality in Iran and the wider Islamic world. By focusing on the critical role that feminist movements can play in pushing for domestic legal reforms that will pave the path towards the full realization of human rights, Islamic Feminisms is a much needed reminder that the ultimate agents of change in that struggle are Muslim women themselves.--- Ahmed Shaheed, United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran (2011-2016) & on Freedom of Religion or Belief (2016-).
