Women and social change in North Africa what counts as revolutionary?

Women's voices are brought to the fore in this comprehensive analysis of women and social change in North Africa. Focusing on grass-roots perspectives, readers will gain a rare glimpse into how both the intentional and unintentional actions of men and women contribute to societal transformation...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gray, Doris H. (Editor), Sonneveld, Nadia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2018
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Capturing change in legal empowerment programs in Morocco and Tunisia : shared challenges and future directions / Stephanie Willman Bordat, Sadia Kouzzi
  • Safe havens and social embeddedness : an examination of domestic violence shelters in Morocco / Megan O'Donnell
  • Reforming gendered property rights : the case of collective land in Morocco / Yasmine Berriane
  • Microcredit, gender and corruption : are women the future of development? / Nicolas Hamelin, Mehdi el Boukhari, Sonny Nwankwo
  • Morocco's Islamic feminism : the contours of a new theology? / Doris H. Gray and Habiba Boumlik
  • Moroccan mothers' religiosity : impact on daughters' education / Imane Chaara
  • Pious and engaged : the religious and political involvement of Egyptian Salafi women after the 2011 revolution / Laurence Deschamps-Laporte
  • Morocco at the crossroads : the intersection of race, gender and refugee status / Karla McKanders
  • Speaking of the dead : changing funeral practices among Moroccan migrants in the Netherlands and Belgium / Khadija Kadrouch-Outmany
  • Dying with a clear mind : pain control and end of life care for Dutch Moroccan patients in the Netherlands / Roukayya Oueslati
  • Kol b'isha erva: the silencing of Jewish women's oral traditions in Morocco / Vanessa Paloma Elbaz
  • Customary law and women's rights among the Imazighen of the Middle Atlas and South East Morocco / Michael Peyron
  • Family law reform in Algeria : national politics, key actors, and transnational factors / Dörthe Engelcke
  • The case of women's unilateral divorce rights in Egypt : revolution and counter-revolution? / Nadia Sonneveld
  • Emerging norms : writing gender in the post-revolution Tunisian state / Zoe Petkanas