Contents

Introduction

Background

Conceptual framework

The research

Organization of the book

1 Women’s movements in Muslim societies

Introduction

Women in Muslim societies

Sharia and Islamic law

Political struggles of women in Muslim societies

Women’s movements in Muslim societies

Muslim women’s movements and women’s NGOs in Indonesia

International women’s networks

Conclusion

2 Women and the implementation of Islamic law in Aceh

Politics and the formalization of sharia

Institutionalization of sharia law

Discriminatory Qanun

Qanun or Fiqh of Aceh

Conclusion

3 Gender and women’s movements in Aceh

Introduction

Women’s identity and gender relations in Aceh

Women’s movements and women’s NGOs in Aceh

Women former combatants

Conclusion

4 Conversation on equality and rights

Introduction

Women’s Network for Policy (JPUK)

Gender Working Group

Resistance and challenges

Networking

Conclusion

5 MISPI, agency, identity and the reform of Islamic law in Aceh

Introduction

Background

Ethnography

MISPI and Islamic law

Agency

Resistance

Conclusion

Conclusion: Islamic feminism, local women’s NGOs and women’s movements in Aceh

Postscript

Index

Introduction