Title: Gendered citizenship in Sudan : competing perceptions of women's civil rights within the family laws among northern and southern elites in Khartoum

Authors: Tّnnessen, Liv

Place: Bergen

Publisher: Chr. Michelsen institute (CMI)

Year: 2007

Journal: CMI working paper

Volume: 2007/4

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women's rights, civil and political rights, family law, islamic law, religion, sudan

Abstract: A comparative study of the competing perceptions of women's civil rights among northern and southern elites who practice Islamic family law and traditional laws in Khartoum. It reveals that the traditional family laws provide fewer women's civil rights than Islamic family law.

URL: http://bora.cmi.no/dspace/bitstream/10202/27/1/Working%20paper%20WP%202007-4.pdf

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