Organizing women : formal and informal women's groups in the Middle East / edited by Dawn Chatty and Annika Rabo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chatty, Dawn, 1947-

Rabo, Annika.

Series:

Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 17.

Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. [17]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Middle East--Societies and clubs.

Women.

Women--Middle East--Social conditions.

Middle East.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xv, 244 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1997.

Summary:

In many countries in the Middle East, the only legally allowed organizations are those concerned with the welfare of the disabled or handicapped. This challenging book explores the multiplicity of issues and constraints that women face when trying to organize themselves and, through case studies, shows how they still manage to form groups and act collectively for their interests.

Contents:

Formal and informal women's groups in the Middle East / Dawn Chatty and Annika Rabo

Women's NGOs in the Middle East and North Africa : constraints, opportunities, and priorities / Valentine M. Moghadam

The reproduction of political process among women activists in Lebanon : 'shopkeepers' and feminists / Suad Joseph

Domesticity reconfigured : women in squatter areas of Amman / Seteney Shami

Women in groups in Africa : female associational patterns in Senegal and Morocco / Eva Evers Rosander

Bahraini women in formal and informal groups : the politics of identification / May Seikaly

The impact of social and economic factors on women's group formation in Egypt / Shahida El-Baz

Feminism and contemporary debates in Egypt / Nadje Sadig Al-Ali

From gender equality to female subjugation : the changing agendas of women's groups in Kuwait / Haya al-Mughni

Women organized in groups : expanding the terms of the debate / Nancy Lindisfarne.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1859739105

1859739156

OCLC:

37790206