Muslim Women’s Movements and the Campaign to Reform Islamic Family Laws: Grassroots Experiences and Recent Developments in India and Beyond
Please direct any questions to the event organiser, Justin Jones: justin.jones@theology.ox.ac.uk

Zakia Soman is co-founder and co-director of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA: The Indian Muslim Women’s Movement), a high-profile organisation that campaigns to improve the social and legal rights of Muslim women in India. The organisation co-filed the court case that led to the Supreme Court ban on triple-talaq (instant divorce) in 2017, and is engaged in a number of other campaigns for further reforms to Muslim family laws.

Ziba Mir-Hosseini is a globally renowned academic and legal activist. She is one of the co-founders and leaders of Musawah, a global Islamic feminist movement working for equality and justice within Muslim families, that links together NGOs, activists and scholars from around the world. She is a Professorial Associate at SOAS and has published many books on subjects of gender equality, family law and women’s rights in Islam.
Date: 21 May 2018, 17:00 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2018)
Venue: Pembroke College, St Aldates OX1 1DW
Speakers: Zakia Soman (co-founder of the Indian Muslim Women’s Movement (BMMA)), Ziba Mir-Hosseini (legal activist, academic and co-founder of Musawah)
Organiser contact email address: justin.jones@theology.ox.ac.uk
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Editor: Laura Spence