Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Womanpower unveils the lively but little-reported debate on women's position in the modern Arab world. It paints the picture from individual stories as well as national development programmes and attempts to explain why economic change in the region has been slow by linking it to political and economic developments.
Synopsis
Relevant political and economic developments from specific countries explain the reasons for the slow and uneven progress of social change with respect to the position of women in the modern Arab world.
Table of Contents
List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The great family law debate; 2. Cross-currents conservative and liberal; 3. Arab women in the workforce; 4. Jordanian women's liberating forces: inflation and labour migration; 5. The Arab Gulf states: demand but no supply; 6. Power past and future; Bibliography; Index.