This evening we will screen the documentary Musawah: The Fight for gender Equality in Islam by director Dana Fennert.

This documentary demonstrates the emergence of the transnational feminist network "Musawah: for equality in the Muslim family". "Musawah" seeks to reform Muslim family laws and finds itself in opposition to the transnational pro-family movement and thus in a dynamic interaction with conservative counteractors. One focus is on the Malaysian context because the national women‘s rights organization "Sisters in Islam" (SIS) plays a key role within that network.

The framework and the strategies of "Musawah" arose mainly considering SIS’ challengers in Malaysia. The reform of the Moroccan family law is a showcase for the network that Muslim family laws can be changed. On the contrary, the protection of the traditional family with complementary roles of husbands and wives is the common goal of various conservative actors around the world as well as in Malaysia and Morocco.

The film is shown with original audio and English subtitles.
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