Doctoral Dissertation Research: Women, Islam, and Social Change: A Case Study of Iran's Organization for the Defense of Children's Rights

这是对伊朗妇女通过法律制度促进妇女和儿童权利的努力的研究。这项研究探索了伊朗妇女如何能够利用伊斯兰教的原则和伊斯兰法院来抗辩伊斯兰政权下的压迫。该项目通过联合国下属的非政府组织伊朗捍卫儿童权利组织(OOOR)的案例研究，专门关注儿童监护权问题。在某种程度上，这个项目是一个重大审判的案例研究，该审判导致伊朗在1997年修改了监护权法律，使其有利于儿童和母亲。通过访谈和对重要文件的分析，考察了以改革为导向的诉讼当事人使用的策略。这项研究的第二阶段侧重于观察组织当前活动中的参与者。该项目的理论建设目标包括：增加有关抵制法律要求的知识；增进对伊斯兰女权主义的理解；以及增进对人权话语全球化的理解。

This is a study of the efforts of Iranian women to advance the rights of women and children through the legal system. The research explores the ways Iranian women have been able to use principles of Islam and Islamic courts to contest oppression under an Islamic regime. This project focuses specifically on child custody issues through a case study of Iran's Organization for the Defense of Children's Rights (ODOR), a Non-Governmental Organization under the UN. In part this project is a case study of a significant trial which resulted in altering Iran's custody laws in favor of children and mothers in 1997. The tactics used by the reform-oriented litigants are examined through interviews and analysis of important documents. The second phase of this research focuses on participant observation in the organization's current activities. The theory-building objectives of this project include: Adding to knowledge about resistance to legal demands; Increasing understanding of Islamic feminism; and advancing understanding of the globalization of human rights discourse.