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Human Rights, Islam, and Debates around CEDAW

Human Rights, Islam, and Debates around CEDAW AbstractThe article explores the tensions between FORB claims and the advancement of women’s rights in Muslim majority state contexts. Forms of Muslim majority state reservations to CEDAW are analysed in critical and comparative fashion. Iran’s historical engagement with CEDAW is studied for insight into how a purported theoretical conflict between CEDAW and FORB may be better understood in terms of the domestic and international politics of gender and power. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and Human Rights Brill

Human Rights, Islam, and Debates around CEDAW

Fazaeli, Roja; Hanisek, Joel
Religion and Human Rights , Volume 16 (2-3): 24 – Nov 12, 2021
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1871-031X
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10.1163/18710328-bja10020
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AbstractThe article explores the tensions between FORB claims and the advancement of women’s rights in Muslim majority state contexts. Forms of Muslim majority state reservations to CEDAW are analysed in critical and comparative fashion. Iran’s historical engagement with CEDAW is studied for insight into how a purported theoretical conflict between CEDAW and FORB may be better understood in terms of the domestic and international politics of gender and power.

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Published: Nov 12, 2021

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