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Title Gender and violence in the Middle East / edited by Moha Ennaji and Fatima Sadiqi
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2011

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Description 1 online resource
Series UCLA center for Middle East development (CMED) ; 4
UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) series ; 4
Contents Conceptualization and theoretical background -- Feminist anthropological perspectives on violence -- Armed conflict and gender-based violence -- Counter-narratives of Palestinian women : the construction of her-story and the politics of fear -- Gender, youth and institutional support in the occupied Palestinian territories -- Impact of armed conflict on gender roles in Lebanon -- Politics, war, and violence against women in Iraq and Afghanistan -- War and gender in Bathist Iraq -- Violence against Afghan women : tradition, religion, conflict, and war -- Religious and social violence against women -- Religious-based violence against women, and feminist responses : Iran, Afghanistan, and Algeria -- Strategy in the battles over her : Islamism and secularism -- Violence during pregnancy in Jordan : its prevalence and associated risk and protective factors -- Gender-based discrimination and legal reform -- Legal reforms on violence against women in Turkey : best practices -- Violence against women in Morocco : advances, contentions, and strategies to combat it -- Language, sexual harassment and media -- Gendered language use, hierarchization of linguistic space and state building -- Dismantling the discourses of war : Palestinian women filmmakers address violence
Summary This book examines the issue of gender and violence in the Middle East and North Africa. Drawing on case studies across the region, the authors examine the historical, cultural, religious, social, legal and political factors affecting the issue
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women -- Violence against -- Middle East
Women -- Violence against -- Africa, North
Sex discrimination against men -- Middle East
Sex discrimination against men -- Africa, North
Patriarchy -- Middle East
Patriarchy -- Africa, North
Sex role -- Middle East
Sex role -- Africa, North
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
Patriarchy
Sex discrimination against men
Sex role
Women -- Violence against
North Africa
Middle East
Form Electronic book
Author Ennaji, Moha
Sadiqi, Fatima.
ISBN 9780203830727
0203830725