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In Pakistan, myriad constituencies are grappling with reinterpreting women's rights. This book analyzes the Government of Pakistan's construction of an understanding of what constitutes women's rights, moves on to address traditional views and contemporary popular opinion on women's rights, and then focuses on three very different groups' perceptions of women's rights: progressive women's organizations as represented by the Aurat Foundation and Shirkat Gah; orthodox Islamist views as represented by the Jama'at-i-Islami, the MMA government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2002-08) and al-Huda; and the Swat Taliban. Author Anita M. Weiss analyzes the resultant "culture wars" that are visibly ripping the country apart, as groups talk past one another - each confidant that they are the proprietors of culture and interpreters of religion while others are misrepresenting it.Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION: WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND ISLAMIC CONCERNS WITH IJTIHAD OVER THOSE RIGHTS1. Pakistan as a Microcosm of Both Global Issues2. Organization of the book AcknowledgementsPART II: LEGAL REFORMS AND STATE POLICIES AFFECTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS3. Legal Reforms and Women's Rights4. Implementation of CEDAW, UN Responses and additional ActionsPART III: MAINSTREAM AND POPULAR PERCEPTIONS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN PAKISTAN5. Traditional Views on Women's Rights in Pakistan6. Contemporary Nationwide Public Opinion on Women's Rights7. Views on Marriage8. Education9. Purdah10. Mobility and Work11. Political Participation12. Islam in Political Life13. RightsPART IV: PROGRESSIVE WOMEN'S NGOS' INTERPRETATIONS OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS14. Shirkat Gah and the Aurat Foundation: the Organizations and their Visions15. Pushing Women's Rights Further: Additional Issues of Concern to Women's Rights NGOsPART V: ORTHODOX ISLAMIST INTERPRETATIONS OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS16. The Jama'at-i-Islami's Vision on Women's Rights17. The MMA Government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2002-0818. Al-HudaPART VI: THE TEHRIK-E-TALIBAN IN SWAT19. Foregrounding the Emergence of the Swat Taliban20. The Swat Taliban's ijtihad on Modernity and Women's RightsPART VII: MOVING ONWARDSBibliographyIndexVoir sur le site de l'éditeur