Muslim women and the politics of participation
Subtitle: implementing the Beijing platform
By: edited by Mahnaz Afkhami and Erika Friedl.
Contributors: Friedl, Erika.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Syracuse, NY]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Afkhami, Mahnaz; Muslim women; Women's rights -- Islamic countries; Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Description: At the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, the international community accepted women's rights as human rights, and with it the charge to work toward the full integration of women in the affairs of their respective nations.

Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation is about ways of promoting women's participation in the affairs of Muslim societies: from raising consciousness and changing codes of law to penetrating the economic markets and influencing national and international policies. Editors Mahnaz Afkhami and Erika Friedl challenge stereotypes about Muslim women and probe the difficulties and possibilities women face as they work for positive social change.

Sixteen activists and politicians from international organizations - most from Muslim countriesdiscuss, for the first time, major issues relevant to Muslim women striving to achieve their human rights through political participation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186) and index.
This book is based in part on the proceedings of a conference which was convened by the Sisterhood Is Global Institute 9-11 May, 1996 at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.