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Women Leading a Progressive Interpretation of the Shariah Law: Case Studies from Musawah (A Global Movement for Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family)

November 19, 2012 // 9:00am — 10:00am
Event Co-sponsors: 
Middle East Program

Zainah Anwar is the founding member and former Executive Director of Sisters in Islam (SIS), a non-governmental organization at the forefront of the women’s movement which seeks to end discrimination against women in the name of religion. Anwar also serves as the Director of Musawah, A Global Movement for Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family. She is currently a Social Entrepreneur in Residence at Stanford Law School with the Stanford Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law's Program on Human Rights.

 

This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to GWLI at GWLI@Wilsoncenter.org

Location: 
4th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
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