Womanpower
Subtitle: the Arab debate on women at work
By: Nadia Hijab.
Series: Cambridge Middle East library
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Women -- Arab countries; Family -- Arab countries; Women -- Employment -- Arab countries -- Public opinion; Women in development -- Arab countries -- Public opinion; Public opinion -- Arab countries
Description: Womanpower unveils the lively but little-reported debate on women's positions in the modern Arab world. It paints a picture drawn from individual stories as well as from national development programs and attempts to explain why the process of social change in the region has been slow and uneven by linking it to political and economic developments. By illustrating particular themes--personal status laws, development policies, political rights--with examples from specific countries, Nadia Hijab builds up an informative overview of the Arab world today.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 166-172.
Includes index.