Why and how did verse 4:34, and not other verses in the Qur’an, become the foundation for the legal construction of marriage? Why are qiwamah and wilayah still the basis of gender relations in the ima
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The Localization of Feminism Conference that Havle Women’s Association organized on 19-20 December 2020 took place online due to the imperatives of the time. In a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has l
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Muslim women speak. While Muslim women have spoken through out the entire history of Islam, today their voices have consolidated into a critical mass. A critical mass ensures that this momentum will n
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In this article, I will discuss the opinions of immigrant women living in America on gender construct and gender equality, whom I interviewed during my doctoral research. It would not be wrong to argu
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Stones, Stumblings and Not Giving Up “We don’t know what is going to happen, or how, or when, and that very uncertainty is the space of hope.” Rebecca Solnit (2018:22) There are two stories of struggl
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In this discussion, I will analyze the historical transformation of fatwas given on this geography on abortion and refer to the advice of female preachers who answer religious questions on the Alo Fat
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The fact of migration, which has existed for centuries, affects the economic, political and social dynamics of countries, and the selfness, identities, perceptions and the attitudes of individuals. Wh
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Germany was only able to put the Istanbul Convention which it had signed in 2011 into force at the earliest in February 2018, by making reservations on the implementation of the second and the third p
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In this discussion, I will refer to the efforts of women and the family law reforms, an area where Islamic feminism actually comes to life in Egypt. In countries where family law is historically based
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In this discussion, I will talk about the literature on Islamic feminism(s) that has gained momentum among academia and social movements since the 1990s. amina wadud, Asma Barlas, Azizah Al-Hibri, Rif
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First of all, I would like to begin with the originating point of this study. The perceptions of feminism in people’s minds have been preoccupying me for a while. Even in the academia, and I am
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There are certain local and transnational dynamics that have transformed Turkey feminism over the past decade. Some of the reflections of these dynamics can be listed as follows: (a.) Skeptical approa
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The 2000s has been a period in which the studies on women’s history are plenteous. The books titled Kadınsız İnkılap (Womanless Revolution) (2003) and Bir Adalet Feryadı; Osmanlı’dan Türkiye’ye
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