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Dialogue on the conflict between religious fundamentalism and women’s rights is often stymied by an all or. .

Dialogue on the conflict between religious fundamentalism and women’s rights is often stymied by an all or nothing approach: fundamentalists claim absolute religious freedom, while some feminists dismiss religion entirely as patriarchal. Courtney Howland provides a forum for scholars, both religious and non-religious, to meet and seek common ground in their fight against Dialogue on the conflict between religious fundamentalism and women’s rights is often stymied by an all or nothing approach: fundamentalists claim absolute religious freedom, while some feminists dismiss religion entirely.

This ignores, though, the experiences of religious women who suffer under fundamentalism and fight to resist it, perceiving themselves to be at once religious and feminist.

The Conflict between the Human Rights of Women and the Religious Freedom of Fundamentalists: The International Legal Framework. This ignores, though, the experiences of religious women who suffer under fundamentalism and fight to resist it, perceiving themselves to be at once religious and feminist. In Religious Fundamentalisms and the Human Rights of Women, Howland provides a forum for these different scholars, both religious and nonreligious, to meet and seek common ground in their fight against fundamentalism.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Dialogue on the conflict between religious fundamentalism and women's rights is often stymied by an "all or nothing" approach: fundamentalists claim absolute religious freedom, while some feminists dismiss religion entirely as being so imbued with patriarchy as to be eternally opposed to women's rights.

One hundred years ago this month, religious leaders took sides. In this corner: ‘women’s rights are human rights. In the far corner: ‘the only natural roles for women are as homemaker and educator of children.

Dialogue on the conflict between religious fundamentalism and women's rights is often stymied by an 'all or.

Dialogue on the conflict between religious fundamentalism and women's rights is often stymied by an 'all or nothing' approach: fundamentalists claim of absolute religious freedom, while some feminists dismiss religion entirely as being so imbued with patriarchy as to be eternally opposed to women's. It is imperative for South African society to take not of this book, its analyses and proposals.

Howland, Courtney W. (1999). Religious fundamentalisms and the human rights of women. Basingstoke : Macmillan. Australian/Harvard Citation.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Universal Declaration) adopted by the United Nations (UN) proclaims that .

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Universal Declaration) adopted by the United Nations (UN) proclaims that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights," yet women's freedom, dignity, and equality are persistently compromised by law, custom, and religious tradition in ways that men's are not. This essay focuses on Christian fundamentalism and patriarchy, and how they interactively help shape and rationalize both cultural views and social policy related to gender, sexuality, health, reproductive choice, and violence against women and girls.

The Conflict between the Human Rights of Women and the Religious Freedom of Fundamentalists .

The Conflict between the Human Rights of Women and the Religious Freedom of Fundamentalists: The International Legal Framework. 9. Safeguarding Women's Political Freedoms under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the Face of Religious Fundamentalism. 93. 10. Religious Reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women: What Do They Really Mean? 105. 11. Women's Equal Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: An Important but Neglected Subject.

COURTNEY W. HOWLAND, E. Religious Fundamentalism and the Human Rights of Women (New York: Palgrave, 2001). MAHMOOD MONSHIPOURI (a1). Department of Political Science, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Conn. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2004.

Fundamentalist Juggernaut. Human rights activists, jurists, and theologians are not the only people interested in a cloth woven of spirituality, law, and politics. So, too, are fundamentalists-the very group that Howland, Ali, Moussalli, and Falk find most confounding. Still these authors appreciate that fundamentalists, while dogmatically honing a narrow perspective, do have a rhetoric that must be heard. Empathetically, fundamentalists often decry the global apartheid of extreme poverty and profligate superwealth.