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Custody and the Best Interests of the Child: Another View From Zimbabwe (1994)
Journal Article
Banda, F. (1994). Custody and the Best Interests of the Child: Another View From Zimbabwe. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 8(2), 191-201. https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/8.2.191

This paper draws on research in Zimbabwe into the experiences of two groups of divorced and divorcing women, those from customary marriages and those from civil marriages. The data shows that the women's perception of their children's bests interests... Read More about Custody and the Best Interests of the Child: Another View From Zimbabwe.

From Patriarchy to Gender Equity: Family Law and Its Impact on Women in Bangladesh. (1994)
Thesis
Monsoor, T. From Patriarchy to Gender Equity: Family Law and Its Impact on Women in Bangladesh. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis constitutes a detailed assessment of the legal position of women in Bangladesh and argues that, despite some recent reforms purporting to improve their status, there is no real change in the situation of patriarchal domination. It is furt... Read More about From Patriarchy to Gender Equity: Family Law and Its Impact on Women in Bangladesh..

Gender Writing/Writing Gender: The representation of women in a selection of modern Egyptian literature (1994)
Book
Al-Ali, N. (1994). Gender Writing/Writing Gender: The representation of women in a selection of modern Egyptian literature. The American University in Cairo Press

In this critical study, Nadje Sadig Al-Ali analyzes the representations of women in the works of six Egyptian writers. Her purpose is to determine to what extent these writers exhibit a gender ideology, and to examine the reflection of wider discours... Read More about Gender Writing/Writing Gender: The representation of women in a selection of modern Egyptian literature.

Wills in Hindu law (1994)
Journal Article
Menski, W. F. (1994). Wills in Hindu law. Recueils de la Société Jean Bodin pour l'histoire comparative des institutions, 62, 31-52