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Dr. Ayesha Imam has lectured and carried out research in
women's studies and gender analysis at universities and
research institutes in Nigeria, the U.K., Canada, and Senegal.
She has published widely for both academic and activist uses.
Her work on women’s rights in Muslim laws and practices
include the widely reprinted articles "The Muslim Religious Right
('Fundamentalists') and Sexuality" and "Women’s Rights in
Muslim Laws (Sharia)."
Dr. Imam has been an activist for women's rights, human
rights, democracy, and sustainable development for over two
decades. She is the founding director of BAOBAB for Women's
Human Rights in Nigeria, an organization focusing on women's
legal rights issues under customary, statutory and religious
laws. She is on the board of the international solidarity
network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML), and is
part of the organizing group of the African Feminist Forum.
Currently, she is coordinating the West Africa Gender Inclusive
Citizenship Project with the Royal Tropical Institute of the
Netherlands.
Abstract:
This lecture considers the struggles of Muslim women in West Africa
over rights and entitlements, vis-à-vis the completing claims of
'culture and tradition,' Muslim laws, and colonial and post-colonial
discourses of 'modernity,' post-modernity, and 'universal' human
rights discourses.
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