| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 414 p. : map ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Gender and globalization
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-387) and index. |
| Contents |
Women's empowerment : an introduction and overview / Valentine M. Moghadam -- Mobilizing women for nationalist agendas : Palestinian women, civil society, and the state-building process / Deborah J. Gerner -- Against all odds : women candidates in Jordan's 1997 elections / Abla Amawi -- Afghan women under marxism / Senzil Nawid -- Women in political parties in Turkey : emerging spaces for Islamic women / Nilufer Narli -- Feminist organizing in Tunisia : negotiating transnational linkages and the state / Sarah E. Gilman -- Women, communications, and democratization in Morocco / Loubna H. Skalli -- Women's empowerment in India : rhetoric and reality / Ahmad Shamshad -- Girl but not woman : garment factory workers in Fez, Morocco / M. Laetitia Cairoli -- The status of rural women in Turkey : what is the role of regional differences? / Ayse Gunduz-Hosgor and Jeroen Smits -- Education, tradition, and modernization : Bedouin girls in Israel / Sarab Abu-Rabia Queder -- Museum feminization? Women and museum employment in Jordan / Carol Malt -- Feminism and censorship in an Islamic republic : women filmmakers in Iran / Ibrahim al-Marashi -- Depression in Nepalese women : tradition, changing roles, and public health policy / Dana Crowley Jack and Mark van Ommeren -- The menace of dowry : laws, interpretation, and implementation / Poonam Saxena -- Islamic law, feminism, and family : the reformulation of hudud in Egypt and Tunisia / Lilia Labidi -- Gender and violence in Lebanese war novels / Evelyne Accad -- Iron breaks, too : Israeli and Palestinian women talk about war, bereavement, and peace / Ziva Flamhaft -- Peace-building and reconstruction with women : reflections on Afghanistan, Iraq, and Palestine / Valentine M. Moghadam -- Appendix : Measuring women's empowerment in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia / Valentine M. Moghadam and Lucie Senftova. |
| Subject |
Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions.
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Women -- Africa, North -- Social conditions.
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Women -- South Asia -- Social conditions.
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Women's rights -- Middle East.
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Women's rights -- Africa, North.
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Women's rights -- South Asia.
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Women in politics -- Middle East.
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Women in politics -- Africa, North.
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Women in politics -- South Asia.
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| Added Author |
Moghadam, Valentine M., 1952-
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| ISBN |
9780815631118 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0815631111 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000041248997 |
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NZ1 11228722 |
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