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Empowering women after the Arab spring /

This book sheds light on some of the most critical issues impeding the advancement of women's rights post Arab Spring, such as patriarchy, barriers to women's agency in the legal and socioeconomic realms, women's access to the decision-making process, citizenship rights, and the impac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Shalaby, Marwa (Editor ), Moghadam, Valentine M., 1952- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Colección:Comparative feminist studies series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Deconstructing Women's Empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa / Marwa Shalaby
  • part 1: Islamic Law and Gender Equality. Interrogating the "Shari'a" Excuse: Religious Reasoning, International Law, and the Struggle for Gender Equality in the Middle East / Ayesha S. Chaudhry ; Normative Paradigms and Constraints on Equal Rights for Women in the Arab World / Amira El Azhary Sonbol
  • part 2: Agency and Women's Empowerment. No Agency Without Grassroots Autonomy: A Framework for Evaluating Women's Political Inclusion in Jordan, Bahrain, and Morocco / Bozena C. Welborne
  • Kin-Based Values and Attitudes Toward Gender Equality in Morocco and Egypt / Rahma Abdulkadir, Gail Buttorff ; Explaining Egalitarian Attitudes: The Role of Interests and Exposure / Lindsay J. Benstead
  • part 3: Challenge and Progress Post Arab-Spring. Syrian and Syrian Palestinian Women in Lebanon: 'Actors of Citizenship'? / Dina Kiwan ; Challenges Facing Women's Political Participation Post Arab Spring: The Cases of Egypt and Tunisia / Marwa Shalaby ' Women and Demoncracy after the Arab Spring: Theory, Practice, and Prospects / Valentine M. Moghadam.