Conventions, courts, and communities : gender equity, CEDAW and religious personal law in India

Holmes, Carolyn E.

dc.contributor.author	Holmes, Carolyn E.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-03-12T11:46:43Z
dc.date.available	2020-03-12T11:46:43Z
dc.date.issued	2019-11
dc.description.abstract	The Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is central in outlining the gendered dimensions of human rights. India ratified this treaty with the reservation that it would be complied with only in accordance with the religious personal law. This article will examine the ways in which the convention interfaces with religious personal law, and the efficacy of the convention in both top-down and bottom-up reform of religious personal laws, as well as secular laws.	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Sociology	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	hj2020	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jas	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Holmes, C. E. (2019). Conventions, Courts, and Communities: Gender Equity, CEDAW and Religious Personal Law in India. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 54(7), 965–979. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909619846535.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0021-9096 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1745-2538 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.1177/0021909619846535
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73736
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Sage	en_ZA
dc.rights	© The Author(s) 2019	en_ZA
dc.subject	Human rights	en_ZA
dc.subject	Women’s rights	en_ZA
dc.subject	India	en_ZA
dc.subject	Norms and practices	en_ZA
dc.subject	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)	en_ZA
dc.title	Conventions, courts, and communities : gender equity, CEDAW and religious personal law in India	en_ZA
dc.type	Postprint Article	en_ZA