Women's Rights Under International, American, Islamic, and Egyptian Law: An Irresolvable Conflict : A Cross-cultural Examination of Gender Equality /
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of women's rights pertaining to abortion, employment equality, and the choice to wear a hijab under international, American, Islamic, and Egyptian law. It challenges the notion that Islamic Shari'a inherently discriminates against women and attri...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill | Nijhoff,
2025.
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Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Studies in Intercultural Human Rights ;
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Call Number: K644
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Right to Abortion
- 1 Abortion under International Law
- A Pro-choice Arguments
- B Pro-life Arguments
- C Comparison between Regional Systems
- 2 Abortion under American Law
- A The Legal Basis of Women's Right to Abortion
- B The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
- C Gonzales v. Carhart (2007)
- D Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Org. (2022)
- 3 Abortion under Shari'a
- A The Prohibition of Murder in Islam
- B The Juristic Consensus on the Prohibition of Abortion after the First 120 Days of Pregnancy
- C The Juristic Dispute over Abortion during the First Four Months of Pregnancy
- 4 Abortion under Egyptian Law
- A The Crime of Abortion in Egyptian Law
- B Arguments for Exceptions
- 5 Concluding Analysis of Abortion Rights
- 2 Women's Right to Equality in employment
- 1 Women's Right to Work under International Law
- A The Right to Equal Treatment before the Law
- B The Right to Work and Equal Treatment in Employment
- C ilo Non-discrimination and Equality Standards
- D Protection against Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace and Special Protection during Pregnancy
- E Cases of Equal Pay under EU Gender Equality Law
- F Cases of Equal Treatment under EU Gender Equality Law
- 2 Women's Right to Work Under American Law
- A Equal Pay in American Law
- B Equal Treatment in American Law
- C Disparate Treatment Discrimination
- D The Supreme Court's Mixed-Motives Analysis under Title vii (Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins)
- E The Civil Rights Act of 1991
- F Disparate Impact Discrimination
- G The Gender-Based Disparate Impact Case (Dothard v. Rawlinson)
- H Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
- I Challenges under Title vii after the PDA
- 3 Women's Right to Work under Shari'a
- A The First Perspective: Restricting Women's Right to Work
- B Arguments of the Strict View
- C The Second Perspective: Supporting Women's Right to Work
- D Refuting the Arguments of the Strict View
- 4 Women's Right to Work under Egyptian Law
- A Women's Right to Employment Equality under the Law
- B Restrictions on Women's Right to Travel and Work Abroad
- C Women's Exclusion from Major Positions in Egypt
- 5 Concluding Analysis of Women's Right to Equality in Employment
- 3 Women's Right to Wear Islamic Clothing
- 1 The Duty of Islamic Clothing under Shari'a
- A The Controversy between Hijab and Niqab
- B Hijab Is the Mandatory Islamic Clothing
- C Why Do Many Muslim Women Wear Islamic Clothing?
- 2 Women's Islamic Clothing under Egyptian Law
- A Principles of the Egyptian Constitution Relating to Women's Islamic Clothing
- B Decisions of High Courts
- 3 Women's Islamic Clothing under International Law
- A International Protection of the Right to Free Manifestation of Religion
- B Regional Protection of the Right to Free Manifestation of Religion
- 4 Women's Islamic Clothing under American Law
- A An Overview of Muslim Women in the U.S
- B Title vii of the Civil Rights Act (EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc (2015))
- C The Free Exercise Clause
- D Supreme Court Cases on the Right to Free Exercise of Religion
- E Lower Court Cases on Women's Islamic Dress
- F Appraisal
- 5 Concluding Analysis of Women's Right to Wear Islamic Clothing
- Conclusions
- Index.