About Us

Freedom House works with women's groups, activists, Islamic scholars, and legal experts in Kuwait, Bahrain and other countries in the region through the Family Law Program (FLP) to review existing family laws, provide comparisons to international standards, and conduct legal analyses of current practices from the point of view of both civil and Islamic jurisprudence. Through the Family Law Program, Sunni, Shiite, and legal scholars analyze family law, Islamic jurisprudence, and religious and civil interpr