This is the 1st Volume of the completion of the orders made by the Board of Quazis from 2001 to 2002. After the publication of 6 volumes by the Government in relation to cases divided under the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act decided from 1834 to 1990. MWRAF, undertook this task to compile judgments delivered by the Board of Quazis. This publication will be of immense value to judges, lawyers, researchers and to all those who have an interest in the subject.

This booklet is based on the presentation made by Rashida Manjoo, in August 2003, during a visit to Sri Lanka taking a critical look at the functioning of the South Africa Commission for Gender Equity.

An occasional paper to reveal the ideology and the experience of WLUML

This book is based on the presentation made by Rashida Manjoo, an active WLUML networker and a member of the Gender Equality Commission from South Africa, at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute in August 2003, focusing on issues of reconciliation and peace building by women

Those articles of Islamic content have no chronological order. They could be from any period from 1976 to date. The selection is random and signifies the process of a mind on its journey towards the manifestation of Islam in practice. It is just a natural seeking for signposts towards insight.

This collection of poems reveals a woman’s life in current society which is representative of women as a whole in the Sri Lankan society. The poems express the problems, emotions, feelings, and the oppression women undergo, and also the reactions of a woman.

The booklet explains the Muslim law of divorce and the rights of women after divorce focusing on both positive and negative aspects of the law. It is written in a simple style and is colorfully illustrated.

This monograph traces some aspects of changing gender relations and relations within Muslim communities displaced from the northern province of Sri Lanka due to the ethnic conflict.

The book explores the reality of Muslim women’s lives in Sri Lanka within the family, in the community and as citizens. Although Muslim women have traditionally enjoyed certain rights together with women of the other communities in Sri Lanka, communal forces are undermining these rights. Despite the increasing recognition of minority rights by the state, the rights of Muslim women continue to be marginalized

This publication analyses the Quazi Court System in Sri Lanka from the point of view of women highlighting the need for law reform to ensure equality and justice for women within Muslim law.