Women's human rights and the Muslim question : Iran's one million signatures campaign / Rebecca Barlow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barlow, Rebecca L., author.

Series:

MUP Islamic studies series.

Islamic Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in Islam.

Women--Iran--Social conditions--21st century.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Women's Human Rights and the Muslim Question shows how Muslim women have made meaningful contributions to the development of the international framework on gender equality and women's rights. An investigation into the women's movement of Iran offers a practical grounding for this argument, and presents unprecedented findings on how ideological divisions along secular and religious lines have been worked in favour of a rights-based framework for change. The book presents a comprehensive synthesis and analysis of the campaign material of the women's movement 'Change for Equality Campaign'—one of the most progressive and sophisticated movements in the Middle East/Central Asia.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART I Universal Human Rights and the Muslim Question

1 Drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The Muslim Experience

2 Muslim Women and the Development of Universal Women's Human Rights Standards

PART II Human Rights Discourse and the Iranian Women's Movement

3 The Conventional Islamic Feminist/Secular Feminist Debate

4 The Shifting Boundaries of Iranian Feminisms

5 Human Rights Discourse in Practice: The One Million Signatures Campaign

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780522861594

0522861598

OCLC:

870138649