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Title: | Women's organisations seeking gender justice in the Sudan 1964-1985 |
Author: | Halim, Asma Mohamed Abdel |
Year: | 2009 |
Periodical: | Review of African Political Economy |
Volume: | 36 |
Issue: | 121 |
Pages: | 389-407 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sudan |
Subjects: | women's rights Islamic law gender inequality women's organizations |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056240903220589 |
Abstract: | Although the Sudan has a multiple legal system governing various aspects of its people's lives, Sharia (Islamic law) has been applied consistently to family law. Sharia, Muslim's interpretation of religious norms expressed in the Koran and Sunna, differs according to the time and place of application. This article compares attempts by two women's groups, the Sudanese Women's Union and the Republican Sisters, to challenge the Sharia rules that governed women's status during the period 1964-1985. The article discusses the factors that shaped their methods and conceptualization of their quest to seek gender justice without losing religious legitimacy. The Republican Sisters proved that a reinterpretation of Islamic norms can be advocated by a religious group, and not just by secular ones. The political and social climate had, and continues to have, a significant effect on the laws and the ways women react to their suppression in the name of religion. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |