Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice offers
a socio-legal account of public debates and judicial practices surrounding the performance …

This paper examines polygamy in the context of legislation in Muslim countries by taking the
context of Tunisia. The prohibition of polygamy in Tunisia by criminalizing the perpetrators …

The Tunisian transitional period following the 2010–2011 uprisings has given birth to
numerous initiatives to place women in high positions. Examples include: a law imposing a …

Azza Abugharsa has a Ph. D. in TESL and Linguistics from Oklahoma State University in
2014 and a Master's Degree in Computational Linguistics from Montclair State University in …

The codification of shari 'a-derived Muslim family law was an important aspect of state-
building in post-colonial Middle Eastern and North African states. This has included …

This article examines how Tunisian judges since independence deal with childcare cases
upon divorce. As a legal ethnographic study of ḥaḍāna (child custody) in contemporary …

In 2017, Tunisia issued the law on violence against women. Both Islamists and non-Islamists
were in favor of the law, which was adopted with unanimity by the Tunisian Parliament. Such …

Sett fra et internasjonalt perspektiv regnes Tunisia som et progressivt land når det kommer til
kvinners rettigheter, sammenlignet med andre land i regionen. På 1900-tallet begynte …