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At the recent Copenhagen summit Dr Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations, declared that
The elimination of abuses of the rights of women is a basic prerequisite towards the abolition of poverty in the world, because women are the poorest of the poor.
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For a comparative study of the Iranian case, see this volume, chapter 7 and H. Afshar (1996) ‘Islam and Feminism: An Analysis of Political Strategies’ in M. Yamani (ed.), Feminism and Islam, Legal and Literary Perspectives ( Reading, MA: Ithaca Press ).
For detailed discussion, see also Ziba Mir-Hosseini (1993) Marriage on Trial. A Study of Islamic Family Law ( London: I. B. Tauris).
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Djabari, L. (1998). The Syrian Woman: Reality and Aspiration. In: Afshar, H. (eds) Women and Empowerment. Women’s Studies at York. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26265-6_7
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