The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 is an Act of the Parliament of India criminalising triple talaq. In August 2017, the Supreme...

among Muslims. The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 deals with the circumstances in which Muslim women can obtain divorce and rights of Muslim women...

of triple talaq opens the door to challenging more Muslim marital practices, including polygamy. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage)...

Act, 2013 Indian Divorce Act, 1969 Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 Hindu Widows Remarriage Act, 1856 Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act...

Muslim Women Rights Day is observed across the country on 1 August, to celebrate the enactment of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage)...

religious same-sex marriage. The Ibn Ruschd-Goethe mosque in Berlin is a liberal mosque open to all types of Muslims, where men and women pray together and...

in the United States Marriage Protection Act (2004) Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States Social policy of the Joe Biden administration...

socially boycotted. In India, The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 was passed in July, 2019 which made instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddah)...

(Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 recognizes the right to self-perceived gender identity, and new identification documents confirming the change of gender...

Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 by providing an...

such marriages (25% of the Muslim population and 3% of the Christian population, as of 2019). Polygamous marriages occur, regardless of legality, as the...

applies to Muslims also. For all others, The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act of 2006 defines "child marriage" means a marriage, or a marriage about to...

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 is an act of the Parliament of India with the objective to provide for protection of rights of transgender...

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 Samskara (rite of passage) Dowry system in India Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986 Christian personal...

The experiences of Muslim women (Arabic: مسلمات Muslimāt, singular مسلمة Muslimah) vary widely between and within different societies. At the same time...

no legal protection for LGBT rights in Nigeria—a largely conservative country of more than 230 million people, split between a mainly Muslim north and...

private marriage is sometimes called an elopement. Around the world, there has been a general trend towards ensuring equal rights for women and ending...

become. The Special Marriage Act allowed Muslims to marry under it and thereby retain the protections, generally beneficial to Muslim women, that could not...

Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Yimer, Solomon (November 7, 2018). "Ilhan Omar Just Became the First Muslim Women Elected to US Congress"....

23 March 2019. "The Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005". Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019. "Indonesia...

"Prohibition of Child Marriage Act to prevail over personal laws: HC". 25 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2016. "Child Marriage Act overrides Muslim Personal...

introduction of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, which criminalized triple talaq or instant divorce and replaced the Muslim Women (Protection...

Mauritania: Prevalence of forced marriage; information on legal status, including state protection; ability of women to refuse a forced marriage". Refworld. Archived...

The legal rights of women refers to the social and human rights of women. One of the first women's rights declarations was the Declaration of Sentiments...

Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan. The challenge was based on an argument that rather than protections for transgender rights, the act could in effect decriminalise...

within the Muslim world. Although Islamic marriage customs and relations vary depending on country of origin and government regulations, both Muslim men and...

Act). Among other things, the Act provides for the institution of monogamous marriages, the rights of husbands and wives in marriage, the protection of...

laws like the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 that help to reduce domestic violence and to protect women's rights. Continuing abuse...

accused of the offence of pronouncement of triple talaq to his wife, punishable under Section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019...

Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th...