Arab Womens Activism and Socio-Political Transformation Gebunden

This book illustrates how Arab women have been engaging in three ongoing parallel struggles before during and after the Arab Spring on three levels namely: the political struggle to pave the road for democracy freedom and reform the social struggle to achieve gender equality and fight all forms of injustice and discrimination against women and the legal struggle to chart new laws which can safeguard both the political and the social gains. The contributors argue that while the political upheavals were oftentimes more prevalent and visible they should not overshadow the parallel soci al and legal revolutions which are equally important due to their long-term impacts on the region. The chapters shed light on the intersections overlaps and divergences between these simultaneous continuous gendered struggles and unpacks their complexities and multiple implications locally regionally and internationally across different countries and through different phases.