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- Title
The Burden of Being a Muslim Woman in India—The Instrumentalisation of Muslim Women at the Intersection of Gender, Religion, Colonialism, and Secularism.
- Authors
Pandey, Shilpi
- Abstract
This paper focuses on the discourse on Muslim women's rights in India, aiming to trace how policies concerning Muslim women affect their constitutional rights to equality and non-discrimination. In doing so, this paper explores a colonial continuity of policies in the post-independence era and the subsequent governments. The purpose of this paper is to provide an extensive and nuanced discussion on Muslim women's rights in light of their historical evolution, the existence of personal laws, and the ongoing debates on a Uniform Civil Code. This article concludes that Muslim women continue to struggle for their rights to equal citizenship at the intersection of gender, religion, colonialism, and secularism.
- Subjects
INDIA; INDIAN Muslims; INDIAN women (Asians); WOMEN'S rights; MUSLIM women; SECULARISM; GENDER
- Publication
Religions, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 3, p291
- ISSN
2077-1444
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/rel15030291