Women, education, and socialization in modern Lebanon
Subtitle: 19th and 20th centuries social history
By: Mirna Lattouf.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Women -- Education (Higher) -- Lebanon.; Women -- Lebanon -- Social conditions.
Description: In 2000, a United Nations report on gender discrimination indicated that bias was overwhelmingly due to socialization, or informal learning, as expressed through cultural values, norms, and traditions. Governments investigated in the report cited cultural relativity, such as harmful laws and customs, as a major element of concern. The Lebanese case mimics international trends in the unwillingness to confront and reinterpret strict and rigid ideologies, which limit the transformation of female educational progress into change in women's societal roles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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