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October 27, 2016
Prof Tahir Mahmood, an international expert on Muslim law, speaks on how maulvis have thwarted reforms in the community and the need for judiciary to step in.
(This interview first published on Scroll.in in May 2015 is being republished here in view of the shrill campaign launched by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and other Muslim bodies any any reform in Muslim Personal Law)...
October 27, 2016
The Law Commission "fails miserably" in following the February 2014 guidelines laid down by the Indian government, is "likely to confuse issues of gender justice" pending before the Supreme Court and is ill-advised "the current communally charged atmosphere".
Photo: Jagrut Bharat
The Mumbai-based Forum Against Oppression of Women (FAOW) today launched a...
October 27, 2016
A worrisome figure that has emerged from World Economic Forum’s (WEF) report estimates that the global gap between the earnings of men and women will not be closed for another 170 years, providing current trends continue to exist.
Representational picture. Image credit: Behind the Door of 104
The Swiss forum based out of Geneva has published its Global Gender Gap report for the year...
October 27, 2016
Because of government restrictions, community radio stations often find themselves unable to voice the community's major concerns. Radio Mewat was recently confronted with such a dilemma when 'gau rakshaks' raped two women and killed two of their older relatives. Also, when soon thereafter came the clampdown on biryani selling on the streets, ostensibly to check sale of prohibited...
October 26, 2016
अगर मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड इस मामले में जोश के बजाय होश से काम नहीं लेता तो समझ लीजिये कि वह जाने या अनजाने में भाजपा का सियासी खेल खेल रहा है।
Image: Divyakant Solanki / EPA
इन दिनों मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ का बहुत शोर है. कभी मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ तो कभी दूसरी ओर से भाजपा के नेता मुसलमानों में तीन तलाक़ के रसम को लेकर बयान पर बयान देते रहते हैं। मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ के सदस्यों को "ईमान खतरे में...
October 25, 2016
उत्तर प्रदेश के महोबा मे प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने अपने भाषण मे मुस्लिम समुदाय की महिलाओं के लिए हक की बात की और उनको संविधान के मुताबिक अधिकार दिलाने की बात कही।
‘तीन तलाक’ के संवेदनशील मुद्दे पर पहली बार मोदी ने बोलते हुए कहा, अब हिंदुस्तान की मुस्लिम बहनों का जीवन बर्बाद नहीं होने देंगे जिनका फोन पर तीन बार तलाक सुनकर जीवन बर्बाद हो जाता है। लेकिन नरेंद्र मोदी...
October 25, 2016
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October 24, 2016
The Supreme Court today passed an order directing the trustees of the Haji Ali Dargah Trust to act on the July order of the Bombay High Court granting women equal access, on par with men to the iconic Haji Ali Dargah in Worli, Mumbai.
The trustees asked for two weeks time to act on the verdict. Take four weeks, the apex court ruled while warning that failure to implement the order after...
October 23, 2016
One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as trafficking, forced marriage, domestic violence and female genital mutilation occur both in public and in private spaces.
Image Courtesy: Jonathan Stening/Flickr, CC BY-NC
One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as...
October 22, 2016
As the dust surrounding the issue of abolition of triple talaq and reform in Islam refuses to settle, another altercation took place on Friday in Govandi, (Mumbai), where local women running a signature campaign against the controversial practice of instant divorce were allegedly ill-treated and abused verbally by some of the locals.
Representational Image: Indiatimes
Women activists from...