Soft version of the book can be seen on bmmaindia.blogspot.com
Summary given below:
Summary of the Status of Respondents
The annual income of 73.1% of the families is below Rs.50,000
55.3% have married before the age of 18.
46.5% of the women surveyed have 1 or 2 children
53.2% of the surveyed women have faced domestic violence
78.7% of the women are home makers
95.5%, i.e., 4499 women have not heard of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.
Summary of the Findings Of The Study
Age of marriage
75.5% women want age of marriage to be above 18 years for girls
88.3% women want age of marriage to be above 21 years for boys
Mehr
85.7% want mehr to be given at the time of marriage
83.9% want his annual income to be the mehr amount
75.1% do not want woman to forego her mehr if she is giving khula
Polygamy
91.7% do not want their husbands to marry another woman in the subsistence of first marriage
Divorce
92.1% want a total ban on oral/unilateral divorce
88.3% want talaak-e-Ahsan to be the method of divorce
93% want arbitration process to be mandatory before divorce
72.3% want the arbitration process to be between 3 to 6 months
88.5% want the qazi to be punished who sends notice of oral divorce
Custody and adoption of children
88.9% want women to retain the custody of children after divorce
95.6% want ex-husband to pay for children’s maintenance even if she holds their custody
92.7% want consent and well being of the child to be the deciding factor for custody
79.8% want the adopted child to be treated as a natural heir to the property
Codification and Darul Qazas
83.3% believe that codification of Muslim family law will help Muslim women get justice
87.9% feel that the activities of the darul qazas should be monitored by the state
95.4% want Muslim women to provide legal aid
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