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Title Women's rights in the Middle East and North Africa : citizenship and justice / edited by Sameena Nazir and Leigh Tomppert
Published New York : Freedom House ; [2005]
Lanham, Md. : Rowman and Littlefield, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 367 pages)
Series Freedom in the World
Freedom in the World
Contents Challenging inequality : obstacles and opportunities towards women's rights in the Middle East and North Africa / Sameena Nazir -- Impact of public attitudes / Brian Katulis -- Tables and graphs -- Introduction to country reports -- Algeria -- Bahrain -- Egypt -- Iraq -- Jordan -- Kuwait -- Lebanon -- Libya -- Morocco -- Oman -- Palestine (Palestinian authority and Israeli-occupied territories) -- Qatar -- Saudi Arabia -- Syria -- Tunisia -- United Arab Emirates -- Yemen -- Survey methodology -- Checklist questions -- Ratings and scoring system
Summary Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Citizenship and Justice contains reports on 16 countries and one territory. Each report begins with a section presenting basic political, economic, and social data, as well as key statistics relevant to the status of women. In addition, numerical ratings are provided for the five thematic categories reviewed in the survey including: nondiscrimination and access to justice; autonomy, security, and freedom of the person; economic rights and equal opportunity; political rights and civic voice; and social and cultural rights
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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SUBJECT Börngen, ... gnd
Subject Women's rights -- Middle East
Women's rights -- Africa, North
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Mujeres -- Derechos -- África septentrional
Mujeres -- Derechos -- Oriente Medio
Women's rights
Frauenemanzipation
Gleichberechtigung
Internationaler Vergleich
Menschenrecht
Muslimin
Rechtsstellung
Frau
Grondrechten.
Vrouwen.
Burgerrechten.
North Africa
Middle East
Naher Osten
Nordafrika
Form Electronic book
Author Nazir, Sameena
Tomppert, Leigh
LC no. 2021677163
ISBN 9781461622468
1461622468