Program Keluarga Berencana (KB) sejatinya ditujukan untuk mewujudkan keluarga sejahtera berkualitas, dengan meningkatkan kesehatan ibu dan anak melalui pengaturan keturunan. Sejak lama pemerintah bekerja keras menggugah kesadaran masyarakat bahwa kesejahteraan akan tercapai bila keluarga benar-benar direncanakan, sehingga setiap anggota keluarga dapat terpenuhi kebutuhan pendidikan dan kesehata…
Tidaklah berlebihan bila Imam Syafi’i menamai kitabnya Al-‘Um, yang berarti kitab Induk. Persoalan-persoalan fiqih keseharian mulai dari ibadah, munakahah, muamalah, dan siyasah, diuraikan detail dengan dalil-dalil yang bersumber dari Al-Qur’an, As-Sunnah, Ijma’, dan Qiyas, dalam kitab yang menjadi rujukan utama ahlu sunnah wal jama’ah yang bermazhab Syafi’iyah ini. Bukan hanya itu,…
The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (EWIC) is an interdisciplinary, transhistorical, and global project. It brings together upwards of 1,000 scholars to write critical essays on women, Muslim and non-Muslim, and Islamic cultures in every region where there have been significant Muslim populations. It aims to cover every topic for which there is significant research, examining these r…
With Volume II, EWIC launches the first of four volumes dedicated to substantive topics of relevance to women and Islamic cultures globally. These four volumes, Volumes II–V (Volume VI is the cumulative index), are unusual in that each volume is topically organized. Within each volume, we maintain the conventional alphabetical listing of entries. Volume II brings together over 360 entries on …
Volume III covers a broad range of research on women and Islamic cultures. It includes articles on aging; the body; breastfeeding; celibacy; child marriage; childhood; courtship; disabilities; food preparation; funerary practices; genital cutting; health policies, practices, and education; poverty; HIV and AIDS; reproduction; incest; love; marriage discourses and practices; reproduction; scienc…
Volume V covers a broad range of research on women and Islamic cultures. It includes articles on Practices, Interpretations and Representations.