| LC control no. | no 97044771 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Women Living Under Muslim Laws (Organization) |
| Variant(s) | Action Committee of Women Living Under Muslim Laws Femmes sous lois musulmanes (Organization) K̲h̲avātīn Zer-i As̲r Muslim Qavānīn (Organization) Nisāʼ fī Ẓill Qawānīn al-Muslimīn (Organization) WLUML نساء في ظل قوانين المسلمين |
| Beginning date | 1984 |
| Associated place | Amsterdam (Netherlands) Great Britain France |
| Located | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Women's rights Human rights Women in Islam Customary law |
| Special note | Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Dossier d'information sur la situation en Algérie, 1995: cover (At head of title: Women Living under Muslim Laws = [Arabic title] = Femmes sous lois musulmanes) p. 2 of cover (Women Living Under Muslim Laws; international solidarity network; central coordination: Boite Postale 23, 34790 Grabels, France; evolved from the Action Committee of Women Living Under Muslim Laws; formed in Amsterdam in 1984) Assertions of self, 1995: t.p. (Women Living Under Muslim Laws = al-Nisāʼ fī Ẓill Qawānīn al-Muslimīn = Femmes sous lois musulmanes) cover (WLUML) Reconstructing fundamentalism and feminism, 1995?: t.p. (K̲h̲avātīn Zer-i As̲r Muslim Qavānīn; Women Living Under Muslim Laws; al-Nisāʼ fī Ẓill Qawānīn al-Muslimīn; Femmes sous lois musulmanes) Women Living Under Muslim Laws webpage, viewed Sept. 30, 2013 About Us (formed in 1984) WLUML website, viewed March 11, 2021: banner (WLUML, Women Living Under Muslim Laws, as logo) footer (WLUML is a company limited by guarantee (no. 4117440) and a registered charity in England and Wales) Mission & Vision (transnational feminist solidarity network that promotes human rights, gender justice, and equality for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by patriarchal and/or authoritarian interpretations of Islam) Our History (formed in 1984 in response to three urgent cases; 9 women from Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Iran, Mauritius, Tanzania, Bangladesh and Pakistan came together and formed the Action Committee of Women Living Under Muslim Laws; this evolved into the present network in 1986; WLUML focuses on laws and customs and the realities of women's lives, including diverse practices classified as 'Muslim' and the effects these have on women, rather than on the religion of Islam itself) Wikipedia, March 11, 2021 (Women Living Under Muslim Laws; an international solidary network established in 1984; does academic and advocacy work in the fields of women's rights and secularism, focusing on the impact on women of laws inspired by Muslim religion or customs; non-governmental organization; legal status: solidarity network; location: London; formerly called Action Committee of Women Living Under Muslim Laws) |
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