Dr. Moza Jadeed is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya for 15 years standing and an international women's rights lawyer. She practices as an independent Legal and Development Consultant and has over 14 years’ experience in research and training in the areas of Gender, Legal, Human and Women’s rights. She is a Lecturer in the Department of Public Law at the Faculty of Law (Mombasa Campus). She is passionate about women’s rights and Shari’ah. She is also a specialist on Islamic law, including inheritance and probate. Dr Jadeed is passionate about women’s rights & Shari’ah.. She has worked for various national and international organizations including the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the UN Women, the Council of Imams & Preachers of Kenya, and the Federation of Women Lawyers – Kenya Chapter (FIDA-Kenya). She is also a member of both the Kenyan and East African Law Societies and FIDA-Kenya.
Dr Jadeed's doctoral thesis interrogated Muslim women’s inheritance experiences in Kenya
Dr Jadeed's most recent publications include "The Application of Islamic Inheritance Law in Independent and Contemporary Kenya: A Muslims’ Right to Equality and Freedom from Discrimination, co-authored with Prof. Attiya Waris and Dr Celestine Musembi in
Abstract: This article argues that the observance of Islamic inheritance law (IIL) by Muslims in Kenya while the rest of the citizens employ a universal inheritance law is legitimate. It is within the Muslims' right to equality and freedom from discrimination both under the now-repealed 1963 independence Constitution and the present Constitution of Kenya 2010…..
https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.47348/ANULJ/v8/i1a2
In 2021, Dr Jadeed presented a paper on the ‘The Recognition of Islamic Personal Law in Kenya: A Preferential Treatment?’ at the Workshop on ‘The Concept of Minority, a Critical Appraisal’ organised by the Competence for African Research
Other publications and research activities include:
(a) Moza Jadeed, Attiya Waris and Celestine Musembi, ‘Delimiting the Kadhis’ Courts Probate Jurisdiction under the 2010 Constitutional Dispensation’ (2019) East African Law Journal 95, available at https://bit.ly/3LLerD0
(b) Marguerite Monnet, Victorine Yameogo, Aubain Letedi-Lepassa, Augustina Kodunah, Umma Yaradua, Moza Ally Jadeed and Theresa Omondi, Gender and Health: Barriers and Opportunities for Women’s Participation in the Health Sector in Africa (The World Bank Group 2015).
Dr. Jadeed has also attended several CONFERENCES
