The Moroccan women's rights movement / Amy Young Evrard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evrard, Amy Young, author.

Series:

Gender and globalization.

Gender and Globalization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Morocco.

Feminism.

Women's rights--Morocco.

Women's rights.

Women--Morocco--Social conditions.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Among various important efforts to address women's issues in Morocco, a particular set of individuals and associations have formed around two specific goals: reforming the Moroccan Family Code and raising awareness of women's rights. Evrard chronicles the history of the women's rights movement, exploring the organizational structure, activities, and motivations with specific attention to questions of legal reform and family law. Employing ethnographic scrutiny, Evrard presents the stories of the individual women behind the movement and the challenges they faced. Given the vast reform of the Moroccan Family Code in 2004, and the emphasis on the role of women across the Middle East and North Africa today, this book makes a timely argument for the analysis of women's rights as both global and local in origin, evolution, and application.

Contents:

Convincing women

Obstacles and opportunities

Vernacularizing frames: "equality" and "women's human rights"

Framing Mudawwana reform

The harmonious family.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815652632

0815652631

OCLC:

881319599

Publisher Number:

heb40307 hdl