A Jordanian researcher, consultant, and activist, Dr. Dīmā al-Karādsheh earned a Ph.D. in Sociology and an M.A. in Women’s Studies from the University of Jordan. Her expertise spans social safeguards, women’s rights and empowerment, gender-based violence, feminist theory, and Christian personal status law. Dr. al-Karādsheh has a strong track record in designing and implementing programs that promote women’s political and economic participation and is an active member of several national and regional alliances working toward gender equality and inclusive development.

The following interview touches on the composition and procedures of church courts in Jordan, modern reform efforts, the process of divorce and annulment, inheritance law, the experience of Christian women who convert to Islam, and some of the broader difficulties faced by Christian women in the current Jordanian system. The interview was conducted by Dr. Matthew Anderson, executive editor of Dialogue Across Borders.