Power, Politics and Development in the Arab Context: Or how can rearing chicks change patriarchy?

The empowerment of women has become an interesting if troubling issue for debate and action in the Arab world. Since September 11 it has been difficult for Arabs to escape the simplistic and stereotypical misconstructions of their worlds, and there has been a growing resistance to ideas such as wome...

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Published in:Development (Society for International Development) 2010-06, Vol.53 (2), p.254-258
Main Author: Sholkamy, Hania
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arab Countries
Arab people
Arab states
Development and Social Change
Development Economics
Development Policy
Development Studies
Empowerment
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Females
Feminism
Gender equity
Gender studies
International
Islam
Local/Global Encounters
Middle East
Patriarchy
Political activism
Politics
Poverty
Religion
Resistance
September 11
Social justice
Social Order
Social Sciences
Stereotypes
Victims
Women
Womens rights movements
Womens Roles
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Summary:The empowerment of women has become an interesting if troubling issue for debate and action in the Arab world. Since September 11 it has been difficult for Arabs to escape the simplistic and stereotypical misconstructions of their worlds, and there has been a growing resistance to ideas such as women's empowerment. Such a resistance makes for a highly frustrating and antagonistic climate to feminism and women's empowerment initiatives. Hania Sholkamy offers a personal analysis of why women in the Arab world attract attention as victims of an unfair social order and yet repel the advances of those who would work to over turn this social order to ‘save’ them.
ISSN:1011-6370
1461-7072
DOI:10.1057/dev.2010.26