| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series ; 41 |
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ASAA women in Asia series ; 41.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Background; Conceptual framework; The research; Organization of the book; 1 Women's movements in Muslim societies; Introduction; Women in Muslim societies; Sharia and Islamic law; Political struggles of women in Muslim societies; Women's movements in Muslim societies; Muslim women's movements and women's NGOs in Indonesia; International women's networks; Conclusion; 2 Women and the implementation of Islamic law in Aceh; Politics and the formalization of sharia; Institutionalization of sharia law; Discriminatory Qanun |
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Qanun or Fiqh of AcehConclusion; 3 Gender and women's movements in Aceh; Introduction; Women's identity and gender relations in Aceh; Women's movements and women's NGOs in Aceh; Women former combatants; Conclusion; 4 Conversation on equality and rights; Introduction; Women's Network for Policy (JPUK); Gender Working Group; Resistance and challenges; Networking; Conclusion; 5 MISPI, agency, identity and the reform of Islamic law in Aceh; Introduction; Background; Ethnography; MISPI and Islamic law; Agency; Resistance; Conclusion |
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Conclusion: Islamic feminism, local women's NGOs and women's movements in AcehPostscript; Index |
| Summary |
This book examines the life of women in the Indonesian province of Aceh, where Islamic law was introduced in 1999. It outlines how women have had to face the formalisation of conservative understandings of sharia law in regulations and new state institutions over the last decade or so, how they have responded to this, forming non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that have shaped local discourse on women's rights, equality and status in Islam, and how these NGOs have strategised, demanded reform, and enabled Acehnese women to take active roles in influencing the processes of democratisation an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Indonesia -- Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam
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Women (Islamic law) -- Indonesia -- Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam
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Non-governmental organizations -- Indonesia -- Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Non-governmental organizations
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Women (Islamic law)
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Indonesia -- Aceh
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317592501 |
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1317592506 |
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1138819360 |
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9781138819368 |
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9781315744568 |
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1315744562 |
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