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Human Rights Treatise on Women, Islam, and Democracy
- Publisher
- Ateneo Human Rights Center
- Year
- 2004
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 148
- ISBN
- 9789718899137
- Availability
- Out of print
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About the book
A study of the rights and legal status of Muslim women in Mindanao, set against Islam and Philippine democracy. It looks at women's rights in Islamic law and in Philippine practice.
This 148-page study was published by the Ateneo Human Rights Center in 2004. Library records list its subjects as human rights and women's rights in Mindanao, the legal status of Muslim women in the Philippines, and women in Islam. It includes a bibliography.
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