socio-legal gender inequality in Pakistan
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Patel, Rashida Mohammad Hussain
- Publish Year
- 2003
- Shelfmark
- B4838 - B
- Thesaurus
- huwelijksrecht, familierecht, echtscheidingen, huiselijk geweld, eerwraak, geboorteregeling, islam, heilige teksten, Pakistan
- Description
- The laws and the legal confrontation between the sexes in Pakistan are described. The author discusses gender disputes, economic disparities, legal and social inequities. Quotations from the Koran are used to illustrate the just and equitable spirit if Islamic laws and discussed is in which these laws have been misinterpreted and distorted.