Woman Unbound

A Plea for Gender Justice

Law is an instrument of social change and also a defender of social change.
Discrimination against women has persisted in law and in rural life because the
political will in that behalf is sadly lacking. Polygamy continues among women
even in law. I have already emphasised how there is a strong case for reform of
Muslim Law in this area Dr. Tahir Mahmud in his important work 'Family Law
Reform in the Muslim World' has strikingly brought to our notice legislative
changes introduced ...