Gender Equality and Muslim Women’s right to Divorce in Bangladesh

1. Gender equality and Muslim
women's rights to divorce in Bangladesh
Submitted To
Ms. Azizun Nahar
Assistant Professor and Assistant Proctor
Department Of Law and Human Rights
University Of Asia Pacific
Submitted By
Sumiya Rahman Anha
Registration ID: 2121039
Department Of Law and Human Rights
University Of Asia Pacific

2. The holy Prophet has said: "The most
detestable thing before Allah is divorce".
CONTENT
I. The issue of Muslim Women in getting a divorce under sharia
law where women allowed to divorce as much their male
husband.
II.The issues connected to Sharia law is empowering Muslim
Women with the absolute right to end their marriage.
III. Illustration of how Sharia law allows for gender equality in
the area of divorce

3. Talaq
Talaq e tafwiz
By Mutual consent
By the act of the parties
Existing methods provided for the dissolution of marriage by Muslims
 Methods available under sharia law

4. TALAQ
A Muslim husband can divorce his wife
whenever he desires, without assigning any
reason/cause whatsoever, but on the contrary,
a female may be accorded with judicial
sanction to divorce her husband through
intervention of court
By the husband at his will,
without intervention of the
court
By Wife- Talaq-i-
Tafweez
On strength of provisions laid down in Section 8 of
the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961, a Muslim
wife can divorce her husband provided such right has
been conferred upon the wife by her husband either
conditionally or unconditional in nature, such
delegation of powers inter alia to divorce has been
termed as the Talaq-e-Taufiz

5. By Mutual Consent
Khula Mubarat
A woman can pursue khula divorce from
her husband by renouncing any legal rights
she is entitled to get from her husband
Khula, where the wife requests to be freed
and the husband agrees for stipulated
consideration, the suggestion to split up in
mubarat can come from either side

6. DIVORCE
HILLA
Khyar-ul-
bulugh
Section 7(6) of the Muslim Family Laws
Ordinance, 1961 the divorced parties can
remarry without performing any such
intermediary arrangement; i.e. ‘Hilla’

7.  The Dissolution of Muslim
Marriages Act, 1939 (Act of 1939)
 The Family Court Ordinance,
1985 (Act of 1985), and
 The Muslim Family Laws
Ordinance, 1961 (Act of 1961)
Methods available under the statutory laws of Bangladesh:

8. EFFECT OF DIVORCE UNDER SHARIA LAW
Maintenance Iddat in period
Re-marriage between couple
Right to contract another marriage
Un-paid Dower become payable after
termination of marriage

9. THANK YOU