Islam and Women's Income

Dowry and Law in Bangladesh

Farah Chowdhury (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

158 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-22846-7 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………………………………........

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…………………...…..…

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..........................

Muslim Family Law in Bangladesh…………………………………………………………………………………

Dower and Maintenance in Bangladesh……………………………………………………...……………………

Divorce……………………………………………………………………………………………………...….

Polygamy………………………………………………………………………………………………..….

Child Custody and Guardianship……………………………………………………………...…………

Inheritance Law……………………………………………………………………………………….

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………….…..

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……………………..…………………………….....

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………...

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……………...…………………………………………………………..

Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...…

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………………………………………………………………...…………………………….

Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………...….

Erscheinungsdatum	15.03.2017
Reihe/Serie	ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	430 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Familienrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-138-22846-X / 113822846X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-22846-7 / 9781138228467
Zustand	Neuware