Women's Empowerment and Leadership Development for Democratisation

Family law

‘We wanted to teach the judge a lesson and we were successful’

19/02/2015

In Sri Lanka, religious Quazi courts have jurisdiction over marriage and divorce settlements within the Muslim community. The activist Raleefa challenged a Quazi judge’s decision, exposed his decisions on divorce and violence which were unfair to women, and had him removed from office. This is how she managed it.

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