Ensuring Equality & Non-Discrimination: Women as Quazis Under Sri Lanka’s Muslim Marriage & Divorce Act

Author: Mariyam Yumna Azeez, LLM

December 9, 2025

Note: This audio visual presentation is a summary of the author's Master of Laws in Public & International Law thesis at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Click the image below to view the audio visual report.

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Sources

1. The Constitution Of The Democratic Socialist Republic Of Sri Lanka 1978

2. The Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act No. 13 of 1951

3. ‘Inside the Quazi Courts of Sri Lanka’ by Ermiza Tegal and Hasanah Cegu Isadeen (CHANGE Humanitarian Organization)

4. Muslim Personal Law Reform Action Group (MPLRAG)