All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board
The All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB).[1] is an organisation constituted in 2005 to adopt strategies for the protection and continued applicability of Muslim Personal Law in India, with a particular focus on women's issues, including marriage, divorce, and other legal rights.
| Formation | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Type | NGO |
President | Shaista Amber |
| Website | aimwplb |
Description
The AIMWPLB consists of a 30-person executive board and is led by president Shaista Ambar. The AIMWPLB received limited coverage by the Indian media in March 2008 when it released a 12-page "Sharai Nikahnama".[2] which sought to offer India's Muslim women a religiously-sanctioned alternative to conventional Islamic marriage contracts. The Nikhahnama is, according to the AIMWPLB applicable to Sunnis and Shi'a and is available in both Hindi and Urdu.[2]
As of march 2020, the president of AIMWPLB is Shaista Amber.[3]
References
- "Brief Introduction All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board". Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- "Sharai Nikahnama". Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- "Triple talaq: UP government to seek opinion of Muslim women", Hindustan Times, 15 April 2017
Further reading
- Jones, Justin (2009), "'Signs of churning': Muslim Personal Law and public contestation in twenty-first century India", Modern Asian Studies, 44 (1): 175–200, doi:10.1017/S0026749X09990114, hdl:10871/8922, ISSN 0026-749X
- Vatuk, Sylvia (2007), "Islamic Feminism in India: Indian Muslim Women Activists and the Reform of Muslim Personal Law", Modern Asian Studies, 42 (2–3): 489–518, doi:10.1017/S0026749X07003228, ISSN 0026-749X, S2CID 143920808