Diversity and female political participation
Subtitle: views on and from the Arab world
By: concept, compilation and editing by Claudia Derichs ; edited by the Heinrich Böll Foundation
Contributors: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Series: Publication series on democracy / Heinrich Böll Stiftung -- v. 21; Publication series on democracy -- v. 21.
Publisher: Heinrich Böll Stiftung
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9783869280400
Subjects: Women; Congresses; Political activity; Feminism; Women's rights; Legal status, laws; Political participation
Description: "Equality, respect for human rights, and protection of citizens' rights by the government are mutually enhancing features of good governance. They are meant to refer to men and women alike, implying that the denial of equal rights and equal participation based on gender discrimination is incompatible with the notion of good governance - and the notion of democracy. But what does the political participation of women look like within the immense diversity of the Arabic world? How are gender conditions linked to the possibility of achieving good governance and democracy? Which roles does Islam play in enforcing women participation in this part of the world? In this edition of the Heinrich Boell Foundation's series on Democracy, these questions are analyzed based on historical and current developments of gender relationships, and the role of women in the politics of Egypt, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Contributions from a conference held Sept. 2009 at the University of Hildesheim.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: diversity and political participation in the Arab world / Claudia Derichs; title: From Ijtihad to gender Jihad: Islamic feminists between regional activism and transnationalism / Hoda Salah; title: Equality by decree? Political participation of women in Egypt / Azadeh Zamirirad and Hala Kindelberger; title: Moroccan feminists and the reform of the Personal Status Code / Dana Fennert; title: Women and political participation in the United Arab Emirates / Vânia Carvalho Pinto; title: Between neo-patriarchy, Islamization, and democratization: gender equality in Kuwait / Hala Kindelberger.