Bibliography: BIB36475

Key	BIB36475
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	Spousal Equality in Baha’i Law : The Emergence of Provisions on the Dissolution of Marriage in Iran, 1873–1954
Journal	Journal of Women's History (Baltimore, MD)
Author	Zabihi-Moghaddam, Siyamak
Year	2017
Date	Fall 2017
Issue	3
Volume	29
Abstract	Emerging in mid-nineteenth-century Iran, the Bahá'í religion gradually introduced a set of teachings and laws that radically changed the position of wives. This article examines the unfolding of the Baha’i laws of divorce in the context of the relevant Islamic laws prevalent in Iran—Islamic laws that were highly gender-discriminatory and have remained largely unchanged. By significantly raising the stakes for men seeking divorce and by granting women in troubled marriages greater rights and more options, the Bahá'í laws made women less subject to the whims of their husbands. These laws, together with other Bahá'í laws and teachings like monogamy and the provision of institutional oversight over marriage and divorce, redefined marriage as an institution with greater safeguards for the rights of wives. This article also looks at the role of the Bahá'í administrative system in securing for women access to their rights under Bahá'í law in relation to divorce.
Language	English
Keywords	MARRIAGE; DIVORCE; WOMEN; SEXUAL EQUALITY; IRAN
Pages	137–160
Legal note	11.
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