Freedom of the Dress: Religion and Women's Rights in Secular States (Features‪)‬

This essay focuses on the vexed institutional relationship between secular and religious sources of law and authority in liberal democracies that adhere to the separation between state and religion, and asks whether it might be possible to balance the twin commitments to religious diversity and gender equality. In asking this question, I will focus exclusively on the situation of members of minority religions living in otherwise secularized societies. My interest, more specifically, lies in exploring how different legal arrangements between secular and religious jurisdictions shape and affect women's rights to religious freedom and equality. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]