Women, Civil Society and Policy Change in the Arab World

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yassin, Nasser (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hoppe, Robert (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Public policy.; Middle East-Politics and government.; Identity politics.; Culture.; Gender.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Public Policy.; Middle Eastern Politics.; Politics and Gender.; Culture and Gender.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

This book examines the ways in which Arab civil society actors have attempted to influence public policies. In particular, the book studies the drive towards a change of policies that affect women and their well-being. It does so through the lens of women civil society activism and through analysis...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. 'Civil Societies' and the Arab Uprisings-Prospects for Socio-Political Change: A Comparative Analysis of the On-Going Tunisian and Egyptian Plight
• 3. The Political Participation of Women in The Arab World: Mapping the Movement, Experiences and Challenges Facing Arab Women from the Beginning of the Twentieth Century until the Post-Arab Uprisings Era: Expectations, Paths and Outcomes
• 4. Civil Society Advocacy and Policy Entrepreneurship: Examining the Making of the Law 293 to Criminalize Domestic Violence in Lebanon
• 5. Empowering Women through Land Policy Change: The "Soulaliyate" Movement in Morocco
• 6. Minimum Marriagable Age Legislation in Yemen, 2008-2014: Exploring Some Limits to Portability of the Act
• 7. Sysiphus is a Woman: Policymaking on Women Issues in Three Arab Countries.