State Policies and the Position of Women Workers in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1967-77
Author: Maxine Molyneux
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13:
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Mapping Arab Women's Movements
Author: Pernille Arenfeldt
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2012-05-01
Total Pages: 539
ISBN-13: 161797353X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis pioneering collection of analyses focuses on the ideologies and activities of formal women's organizations and informal women's groups across a range of Arab countries. With contributions on Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and the Arab diaspora in the United States, Mapping Arab Women's Movements contributes to delineating similarities and differences between historical and contemporary efforts toward greater gender justice. The authors explore the origins of women's movements, trace their development during the past century, and address the impact of counter-movements, alliances, and international collaborations within the region and beyond, providing accessible accounts for scholars and others interested in the Middle East and in women's movements in other settings.
Rural Development and Women in Africa
Author: International Labour Office
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9789221036333
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProceedings and papers prepared for the ILO Tripartite African Regional Seminar on Rural Development and Women held in Dakar, Senegal on June 15-19, 1981.
Hidden Histories of Gender and the State in Latin America
Author: Elizabeth Dore
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780822324690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDIVCollection of essays which compares the gendered aspects of state formation in Latin Ameri can nations and includes new material arising out of recent feminist work in history, political science and sociology./div
A Social History Of Women And Gender In The Modern Middle East
Author: Margaret Lee Meriwether
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-02-12
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 042997115X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSynthesizing the results of the extensive research on women and gender done over the last twenty years, Margaret L. Meriwether and Judith E. Tucker provide an accessible overview of the scholarship on women and gender in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Middle East. The book is organized along thematic lines that reflect major focuses of research in this area—gender and work, gender and the state, gender and law, gender and religion, and feminist movements—and each chapter is written by a scholar who has done original research on the topic.
The Arab State and Women's Rights
Author: Elham Manea
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2012-04-27
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 113666310X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKResearchers studying gender politics in Arab societies have been puzzled by a phenomenon common in many Arab states – while women are granted suffrage rights, they are often discriminated against by the state in their private lives. This book addresses this phenomenon, maintaining that the Arab state functions according to a certain ‘logic’ and ‘patterns’ which have direct consequences on its gender policies, in both the public and private spheres. Using the features of the Arab Authoritarian state as a basis for a theoretical framework of analysis, the author draws on detailed fieldwork and first-hand interviews to study women’s rights in three countries - Yemen, Syria, and Kuwait. She argues that the puzzle may be resolved once we focus on the features of the Arab state, and its stage of development. Offering a new approach to the study of gender and politics in Arab states, this book will be of great interest to scholars and students of gender studies, international politics and Middle East studies.
Women in the World of Work
Author: Shirley Nuss
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9789221065074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title provides data, statistical information and analysis of female and male economic activity at global, regional and national levels. The book sets out in chart form statistics and projections from 1950 to 2000, and evaluates past trends and future prospects by age, economic sector and gross years of working life.
Labour and Population Programme
Author: International Labour Office
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9789221077480
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides bibliographic references of some 500 publications and documents issued by the Labour and Population Programme between 1972 and 1990, with abstracts from the ILO's LABORDOC data base. The book covers research, education and training, as well as particular target groups, such as women.
Women's Work in Third World Agriculture
Author: Ruth Dixon-Mueller
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9789221051077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study provides clear guidelines for measuring the contribution of women to agricultural production in developing societies, which should be of interest to those involved in research and development planning.
Women and Shari'a Law
Author: Elham Manea
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-05-27
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1786730227
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn response to recent media controversy and public debate about legal pluralism and multiculturalism, Manea argues against what she identifies as the growing tendency for people to be treated as 'homogenous groups' in Western academic discourse, rather than as individuals with authentic voices. Building on her knowledge of the situation for women in Middle Eastern and Islamic countries, she undertakes first-hand analysis of the Islamic shari'a councils and Muslim arbitration tribunals in various British cities. Based on meetings with the leading sheikhs - including the only woman on their panels - as well as interviews with experts on extremism, lawyers and activists in civil society and women's rights groups, Manea offers an impassioned critique of legal pluralism, connecting it with political Islam and detailing the lived experiences of women in Muslim communities.
