Islam and Women's Income

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

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