Middle Eastern women on the move
Subtitle: openings for and the constraints on women's political participation in the Middle East
By: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Middle East Project.
Contributors: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Middle East Project.
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Women -- Political activity -- Middle East -- Congresses; Women -- Political activity -- Asia, Central -- Congresses; Muslim women -- Political activity -- Middle East -- Congresses; Muslim women -- Political activity -- Asia, Central -- Congresses; Feminism -- Middle East -- Congresses; Feminism -- Asia, Central -- Congresses; Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions -- Congresses; Women -- Asia, Central -- Social conditions -- Congresses; Muslim women -- Middle East -- Social conditions -- Congresses; Muslim women -- Asia, Central -- Social conditions -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Papers presented at a conference held Oct. 2-3, 2001 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Women, information technology, and human development / Mahnaz Afkhami; title: Zanan : trials and successes of a feminist magazine in Iran / Roza Eftekhari; title: Art of female publishing / Mansoureh Ettehadieh; title: Is reformist politics good for Iranian women? / Farideh Farhi; title: From program to practice : towards women's meaningful and effective political participation in Jordan and Lebanon / Laurie King-Irani; title: Feminism and politics in the Maghreb and their impact on the family / Lilia Labidi; title: Does the future for Central Asian women lie in the past? An overview of current gender trends in the region / Kathleen Kuehnast; title: The female educational experience in Iran : a paradox of tradition and modernity / Golnar Mehran; title: Globalization and women in the Middle East / Valentine M. Moghadam; title: The phenomenology of an experience : on setting up a women's center at Tehran University / Jaleh Shadi-Talab; title: The women's movement in Egypt : initiatives in legal, electoral, and NGO activism / Diane Singerman; title: Women and civil society in Palestine / Philippa Strum; title: Women's NGOs as agents of change in Iran / Sussan Tahmasebi; title: "Islamic feminism" : perils and promises / Nayereh Tohidi.