"It was a wonderful experience interacting with you and appreciate the way you have planned and executed the whole publication process within the agreed timelines.”
Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalWould it be easy to imagine a court where justice is dispensed not by women and men wearing black flowing gowns but by ordinarily dressed, uneducated women? Muslim women living in slum communities of Mumbai took upon themselves the job of providing legal aid to other distressed women. Need for justice is as crucial as other needs, especially for women who face marginalization on a large scale. This book looks closely at the genesis of these groups, their history, their interventions, their motivations and their contributions to women’s movement.
The book suggests recommendations for strengthening alternative dispute resolution forums where justice will be dispensed not by learned lawyers but by ordinarily dressed unlettered women. These women, through their innate sense of justice reaches out passionately towards other equally battered women and together they journey towards a life of dignity.
Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz
Noorjehan Safia Niaz has a Ph.D in Sociology from the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University and a MSW from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She worked as a development officer with Mahila Arthic Vikas Mahamandal, a Maharashtra State Government Corporation. She has also worked in YUVA, SAHARA-Anjuman-e-Islam and in Women’s Research and Action Group.
Noorjehan Safia Niaz is the co-founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, a mass based national movement for Muslim women. She is also the founding member and Managing Trustee of Ashana Trust. She has authored and co-authored four books on status and concerns of Muslim women, including one in Marathi. She taught gender and human rights and has written articles around issues of Muslim women in journals and books. She blogs to express her views on Muslim community and Muslim women and posts regularly on her facebook wall about her activities and programmes.
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