Ja'fari Personal Status Code

"The Ja‘fari Personal Status Code marks a shift in who gets to define marriage, divorce, motherhood, and protection. What is often framed as a jurisprudential debate, in practice is a direct encroachments on women’s rights and lives. This file explores the impact of the Ja‘fari Code through women’s fear, the fragility of legal protections, and the renegotiation of power within the family under the expanding authority of the clerical establishment at the expense of civil law."