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Capacity Building & formation of a Federation of Mandals
A federation of mahila mandals based in Mumbai, named Hukook-e-niswan (rights of women) was formed in 2005. Over 20 mahila mandals (Community based women’s organizations) as well as individuals are members of the federation, which aims to provide the grassroot voice to the campaign for gender-just reforms in Muslim family law. WRAG’s efforts have been to strengthen the capacities of women to actively participate in the campaign, initially through the mahila mandals and after 2005 through the Federation.
- Information dissemination and perspective-building programs - Issues such as purdah, polygamy, divorce, concept of equality and inequality in Islam, distinction between various sources of Islamic law and the politics of interpretation of Quranic verses are covered.
- Organization development - Workshops on topics such as Federation’s vision, mission, objectives, values, rules and regulations and process of decision-making are also conducted
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