ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a comparative overview of eight case studies on advocacy-based family law reform, which is the research component of Women's Learning Partnership's global campaign for family law reform. It discusses the multiple paths in family law adoption within the trajectories of modern nation-state formation. The chapter assesses the findings of the case studies on contemporary feminist advocacy for law reform and deals with reflections on lessons learned and prospects for feminist jurisprudence. It explores how women's movements in the case studies have been challenged by and have responded to these trends and tendencies in their family law reform advocacy. The case studies provide evidence that feminist agency and demand for equality and justice have become firmly entrenched in public discourse and the public policy landscape. The paradoxical situation of women's status in Lebanon is a striking testimony to the fact that there is no "one size fits all" approach to feminist agency and women's activism.
