Double-Edged Politics on Women's Rights in the Mena Region

Book Overview

1. Introduction: The Arab Uprisings and the Rights of Women Drude DAHLERUP and Hanane DARHOUR
Part I: Women's Rights, Feminism and Islamism
2. The Center: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Women's Rights in Pre- and Post-Arab Spring North AfricaFatima SADIQI
3. Whose Gender Equality? On the Boundaries of Islam and Feminism in the MENA RegionIlyass BOUZGHAIA
Part II: Post-Spring Dynamics and Feminist Norm Diffusion
4. Cultural Change in North Africa: the Interaction Effect of Women's Empowerment and DemocratizationGinger FEATHER
5. Changing Tides? On How Popular Support for Feminism increased after the Arab SpringSaskia GLAS and Niels SPIERINGS
Part III: Women's Activism and the Reconfigured State
6. Women's Activism in North Africa in Post Arab SpringMoha ENNAJI
7. Political Opportunities for Islamist Women in Morocco and Egypt Anwar MHAJNE
8. Contrasting Women's Rights in the Maghreb and the Middle East Constitutions Aili Mari TRIPP
Part IV: Empowered or Sidelined? On Women's Political Representation and Influence
9. Examining Female Membership and Leadership of Legislative Committees in Jordan Marwa SHALABY and Laila ELIMAM
10. Empowering young women? Gender and youth quotas in TunisiaJana BELSCHNER
11. Whose Empowerment? Gender Quota Reform Mechanisms and De-democratization in MoroccoHanane DARHOUR

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030277372
• ISBN13: 9783030277376
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"