Essays about: "mahalla"

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  1. 1. An ethnographic study of domestic violence and divorce in Uzbekistan: what is more important, to be free or to be alive?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Kerstin Martinez; [2017]
    Keywords : divorce; domestic violence; dominance theory; equality; ethnography; gender equality; hybrid society; legal culture; legal feminist theory; living law; mahalla; Uzbekistan; violence against women; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper has been to provide a socio-legal analysis of domestic violence and divorce in secular Uzbekistan. The legislation express that men and women are equal to the law, that any kind of discrimination is forbidden and judicial divorce is possible. READ MORE