Religious Fundamentalisms and the Human Rights of Women

Foreword; T.Buergenthal PART I: INTRODUCTION Religious Fundamentalism as a Transnational and Cross-Cultural Movement and the Legal Effect on Women; C.W.Howland PART II: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES PERSPECTIVES ON THE IMPACT OF RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM ON WOMEN Fundamentalism; J.S.Hawley Christian Fundamentalism; S.D.Rose Responses of Women to Islamic Fundamentalism; M.A.Helie-Lucas The Personal is Political; N.Yuval-Davis PART III: RESPONSES TO RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALIST ASSERTIONS OF CULTURAL RELATIVISM Relativism, Culture, Religion, and Identity; M.Singer Cultural Relativism and International Law; C.Chinkin Gender Apartheid and the Discourse of Relativity of Rights in Muslim Societies; M.Afkhami Different but Free; R.Coomaraswamy PART IV: THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK Safeguarding Women's Political Freedoms Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the Face of Religious Fundamentalism; C.W.Howland Religious Reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; A.E.Mayer Women's Equal Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief; B.G.Tahzib-Lie Religious Fundamentalism and Education of the Girl Child Under International Law; D.Fottrell & G.Van Bueren PART V: MEETING THE CHALLENGES IN DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND DIFFERENT COUNTRIES The Two Faces of Secularism and Women's Rights in India; R.Kapur Religion, Multiculturalism and Feminism; F.Raday Family Disputes Involving Muslims in Contemporary Europe; M.C.Foblets PART VI: THE WAR OVER WOMEN'S BODIES The Effect of Religious Fundamentalism on Women's Reproductive Health; L.Freedman Roman Catholic Fundamentalism; F.Kissling Reconciling the Opposites; A.M.A.Halim Buddhism and Human Rights in the Thai Sex Trade; L.J.Peach PART VII: FASHIONING REMEDIES IN NATIONAL CONTEXT Women Educating Women in the Afghan Diaspora; S.Yacoobi Challenging Christian Fundamentalism; C. Richards Gender-based Asylum in the U.S.; P.A.Nejelski Tales of Subversion; A.Nafisi PART VIII: RELIGIOUS CHALLENGES TO RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM A Feminist Perspective on Jewish Fundamentalism; P.Hyman Feminist Interpretations of Thai Buddhism; S.Satha-Anand Religion and Women's Rights; M.J.F.R.Nunes Reclaiming the Religious Center from a Muslim Perspective; G.Anwar