Islam and Women's Income

Dowry and Law in Bangladesh
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-22846-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: ICLARS Series on Law and Religion

This book examines the interrelationship between law, culture, patriarchy and religion in the context of contemporary Bangladesh. It explores the role of Islam in society and politics generally, and its influence on gender equality in particular. The work focuses on the situation of married women. Taking a socio-legal approach, it analyses the changing nature of the dowry practice and its relation to women’s increasing paid labour force activity. Despite anti-dowry legislation, it is argued here that the dowry system continues in the form of the appropriation of wives’ income. The work calls for legal recognition of this action and the amendment of the Dowry Prohibition Act 1980 as a result of the changing social realities that are taking place in the lives of Bangladeshi women. An Islamic approach is applied to equality between men and women in addressing and analysing these issues. The book includes international comparisons on gender equality and discusses the role of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Descrimination Against Women (CEDAW), as well as the dowry system in South Asia.

The book will be of interest to academics and researchers working in the areas of law and religion, gender studies and international development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chowdhury, Farah Deeba

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Theoretical and Conceptual Issues; Equality Debates in the West; Equality Within Islam: Formal and Substantive; Methodology; Overview of Remaining Chapters; Women and Islam in Bangladesh; The Politics of Islam in Bangladeshi Society; Women, Islam and Society in Bangladesh; Women in the Popular Books on Islam in Bangladesh; Misinterpretation of Islam and Husband-Wife Relationships in Bangladesh; Muslim Family Law in Bangladesh; Dower and Maintenance in Bangladesh; Divorce; Polygamy; Child Custody and Guardianship; Inheritance Law; CEDAW, Islamic Law and Women in Bangladesh; CEDAW and Islamic Law; CEDAW and Muslim Countries; CEDAW, Islam and Politics in Bangladesh; Same Responsibilities Between Men and Women; Dowry, Women and Law in Bangladesh; The Dowry System in South Asia; The Emergence of Dowry in Bangladesh; Men’s Expectations from Their Wives or Wives’ Family During Marriage; Dowry and Law in Bangladesh; Women, Income and Dowry in Bangladesh.; Women and Employment; Women’s Income and Dowry in Bangladesh; The Strategies That Husbands Employ to Control Wives’ Income; Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Farah Deeba Chowdhury is a Scholar in Residence at the Global Labour Research Centre, York University, Canada. She has served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh and has also held an SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Gender Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. She specializes in the areas of Islam, gender and law; gender and work; gender and politics; and gender and development. She has published widely on these topics.