Mr Murtaza Mohiqi

Murtaza Mohiqi is a Ph.D. student at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, in Iran, and a member of the Department of Private Law in the Faculty of Law at Gharjistan University (Afghanistan), where he was Executive Secretary of Gharjistan Research Center and has taught Afghanistan law since 2014. He also teaches legal research methodology. Mohiqi has been employed as a legal consultant, a human rights researcher, and a law lecturer, and has given guest lectures at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. He has previously held positions as a journal editor in several nationally accredited journals, and has published in local and international journals.

Women's Rights in the Constitutions of Islamic Countries (Case Study: The New Constitution of Afghanistan)

There is precedent across the Muslim world to provide expressly for the equal rights of all citizens, regardless of sex, in the constitutional framework. Promoting and protecting gender equity in the Constitution of Afghanistan is a principle based on fundamental human rights and Qu’ranic jurisprudence. The Afghan Constitution is an example of state-supported integration of women in the public sphere. For example, the new Afghan Constitution encourages women to participate in political life by voting and entering the political arena. It not only declares gender equality, but also ensures a minimum representation of women in both houses of Parliament. Women can also run for president. The Constitution of Afghanistan is fairly recent and clearly tries to draw lessons from the legal loopholes in other Muslim countries. It pushes women to play a role in public life so that they can have an impact.