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This volume examines the role of Arab women in the Arab Spring and their contribution to the ongoing process of change sweeping the region. The book begins with an examination of the process of democratization and its impediments in the Arab World since the Second World War. It then looks at the conditions that led to the upsurge of the so-called Arab Spring. Finally, it underscores women?s role as participants, organizers, leaders, but also as victims.
The main thesis of the book is that while Arab women were an integral part of the revolutionary efforts within the Arab Spring paradigm, they did not benefit from their sacrifices. Although they continue to be part of the process of change, their gains, rights and scope for participation are still limited. If the expansion of women?s participation and the scope of their rights do not seem to be a priority for revolutionary forces, women have made remarkable achievements, especially in some Arab Spring countries such as Yemen and Libya.
The book includes case studies of some Arab Spring countries and other countries influenced by developments: Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, Yemen, Algeria, Jordan, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. It calls on revolutionary and reformist forces to give special attention to issues related to Arab women, as they are an indispensable pillar in the process of reform, development, peace and stability in the Middle East.
Prelims | Download PDF |
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Introduction | Download PDF |
Chapter 1: Arab women and political development | Download PDF |
Chapter 2: Gender empowerment in Algeria | Download PDF |
Chapter 3: Bahraini women and the Arab Spring | Download PDF |
Chapter 4: An Egyptian Spring for women? | Download PDF |
Chapter 5: The role of women in the Egyptian revolution of 25 January 2011 | Download PDF |
Chapter 6: The Arab Spring and women in Kuwait | Download PDF |
Chapter 7: Prospects for women in the new Libya | Download PDF |
Chapter 8: The struggle for women’s rights in Morocco | Download PDF |
Chapter 9: Saudi Arabian women’s rights and the Arab Spring uprisings | Download PDF |
Chapter 10: The status of women in Syria before and during the Arab Spring | Download PDF |
Chapter 11: Social networks and women’s rights activism in post-revolutionary Tunisia | Download PDF |
Chapter 12: The Arab Spring | Download PDF |
Conclusion | Download PDF |
Index | Download PDF |