Title: Women in Morocco : participation in the workforce as an avenue of social mobility /
Authors: Alpert, Rachel.; Merkaz Dayan le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-Tikhon ṿe-Afriḳah (Universiṭat Tel-Aviv)
Publisher: Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Sex discrimination Morocco.; Women Employment Morocco.; Women Morocco Social conditions.; Social mobility Morocco.; Women Morocco Economic conditions.; Women (Islamic law) Morocco.; Feminism Morocco.
Abstract: "The evolving status of women in Moroccan society has drawn much attention in recent years, particularly in the legal realm. Less noticed, but no less crucial, has been the accelerated entrance of Moroccan women into the workforce in recent decades. The myriad reasons for, and implications of this phenomenon are addressed by this study. By drawing upon, and synthesizing for the first time a wide range of anthropological, sociological, historical and economic sources and data, this study fills an important lacuna in the literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Moroccan family structure : religion, paternalism, and women -- Colonialism and its immediate aftermath -- Educational policy and female literacy -- Economic changes draw women into the labor force -- Laws, social movements, and women's labor -- Rural women at work -- Urban women -- On society -- On law -- On family life and gender relations -- On demographics and family planning.