Section Eight. Muslim women’s movements in South Asia

Abstract

This chapter contains selected sources related to Muslim women's movement in South Asia. It presents sources related to women's movement in Pakistan, women's movement in Bangladesh, Muslim women's movement in India, Muslim women in Sri Lanka, women's movement in the Maldives, political history of South Asian Muslims and the impact of independence and Partition of India (1947) on Muslim women. The chapter is not just a bibliography; it moves far beyond what a bibliography is ordinarily conceived to be.Keywords: Bangladesh; bibliography; India; Maldives; Muslim women's movement; Pakistan; partition of India; South Asia; Sri Lanka