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This means that Arab women suffer both from the state and within their families. An important contributing factor to the violence exercised on women in the Arab world is the idea of ta’ah (obedience). It is a religio-cultural idea which suggests that women and men are equal before God, however, their responsibilities are not the same.
Rawya Ateya (first female parliamentarian in Egypt and the Arab world) List of the first female members of parliament by country; List of equal or majority Muslim countries; List of suffragists and suffragettes; List of women's rights activists; Sex segregation in Islam; Timeline of women's suffrage; Women in Islam
In 2009, twelve women from the Arab world formed the global movement Musawah, whose name means "equality" in Arabic. Musawah advocates for feminist interpretations of Islamic texts and calls on nations to abide by international human rights standards such as those promulgated in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination ...
The starting point for this Report was the observation that Arab countries have undoubtedly attained significant achievements in the advancement of women, and Arab women have made outstanding achievements in diverse fields of human activity, but much more remains to be accomplished in enabling the equitable acquisition and utilization of human ...
Woman Is the Origin (Cairo, 1971) Men and Sex (Cairo, 1973) The Naked Face of Arab Women (Cairo, 1974) Women and Neurosis (Cairo, 1975) Al-Wajh al-'ari lil-mar'a al-'arabiyy (1977). The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World, trans. Sherif Hetata (Zed Press, 1980) On Women (Cairo, 1986) A New Battle in Arab Women Liberation (Cairo, 1992)
The tradition of women's literary circles in the Arab world dates back to the pre-Islamic period when the eminent literary figure, Al-Khansa, would stand in the 'Ukaz market in Mecca, reciting her poetry and airing her views on the scholarship of others.
[33] [34] [35] With respect to female workers in majority Muslim countries, women are not evenly represented on the board of directors or among the senior management positions of most of the 100 most lucrative companies in the Arab World. [36] In Egypt, for example, there is only one female senior executive among its five largest commercial ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Women's rights in the United Arab Emirates (2 C, 2 P) Y. ... Women in the Arab world; C.