Women in the Middle East and North Africa
Subtitle: change and continuity
By: Elhum Haghighat-Sordellini.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230103504
Subjects: Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions; Women -- Africa, North -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The path of social and economic change according to the modernization theory; title: Patriarchy, modernization, and the global economy; title: Women's status : the question of access to resources and women's empowerment; title: Fertility patterns, trends, and women's status; title: Education and status of women; title: Work : definition & patterns; title: Labor migration, oil revenue, and their impact on women's employment; title: Conclusion.