From Patriarchy to Empowerment: Women’s Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia (Gender and Globalization)

ISBN 10: 0815631111 / ISBN 13: 9780815631118

Published by Syracuse University Press, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Patriarchy to Empowerment: Women?s Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia (Gender and Globalization)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815631111
• ISBN 13: 9780815631118
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very good

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Synopsis

This rich anthology offers twenty studies on instances of emerging social justice and women’s empowerment in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. These areas are home to huge populations where women’s rights have withered under patriarchal rule, and many are beset by civic unrest. The book shows how changes are occurring as flood tides of capital, people, and information erode entrenched gender regimes, giving birth to energetic and forward-thinking women’s movements. Highly original, conceptually sophisticated, and imminently readable, this book illustrates how local women are transforming their collective fates by questioning their status, forming alliances, demanding full participation in economic development and the political process, and mining opportunities afforded by globalization.

About the Author

<b>Valentine M.Moghadam</b> is professor of sociology and women’s studies and director of the women’s studies program at Purdue University. She is the author or editor of several books including <i>Modernizing Women: Gender and Social </i><i>Change in the Middle East</i> and <i>Globalizing Women: Transnational Feminist </i><i>Networks.</i>