Human Rights, Islam, and Debates around Cedaw
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21821841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roja Fazaeli (0000-0002-1060-7231, Trinity College Dublin), Joel Hanisek (Scholars at Risk) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 93-116 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion and Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1871-0328 • E-ISSN: 1871-031X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18710328-bja10020 |
| OpenAlex | W3211718636 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The 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
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women · Human rights · International human rights law · Islam · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Human Rights and Development · Law
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |