Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation

Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation

[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation 1997 / Syracure University Press / Syracuse, NY Co-edited with Erika Friedl Order on Amazon At the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, the international community accepted women’s rights as human rights, and with it charge to work…

Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women’s Movement Anthology

Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women’s Movement Anthology

[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] Sisterhood is Global: The International Women’s Movement Anthology – November 1, 1996 Sisterhood Is Global has been revered as the essential feminist text on the international women’s movement since its first appearance, when it was hailed as “a historic publishing event.” The anthology features original essays Morgan…

Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed

Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed

[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed  Edited by Diane Bell and Renate Klein Publisher: Spinifex Press (1996) Order on Amazon Since the late 60s radical feminists have worked to articulate a vision of the world in which all women are safe and all women are acknowledged as…

From Basic Needs to Basic Rights: Women‘s Claim to Human Rights

From Basic Needs to Basic Rights: Women‘s Claim to Human Rights

[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] From Basic Needs to Basic Rights: Women’s Claim to Human Rights Edited by Margaret A. Schuler. Washington, D.C.: Women, Law and Development International, 1995. 597 pages. The history of human rights since the framing of the Universal Declaration over fifty years ago has been one of…

Faith and Freedom

Faith and Freedom

[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”]   Faith and Freedom: Women’s Human Rights in the Muslim World 1995 / Syracuse University Press and I.B. Tauris / Editor Order on Amazon Over half a billion women live in the Muslim world. Despite the rich complexity of their social, cultural, and ethnic differences,…

Women in Exile

Women in Exile

[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”]   Women in Exile / 1994 / The University Press of Virginia / Editor Order on Amazon Attempting to come to terms with her own life in exile, Afkhami, who was forced out of Iran because of her work for women’s rights, sought out and…

Women and the Law in Iran (1967-1978) (In Persian)

Women and the Law in Iran (1967-1978) (In Persian)

[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] Women and the Law in Iran / 1994 / Women’s Center of the Foundation for Iranian Studies / Bethesda, MD A compilation with introduction; In Persian Women and the Law in Iran (1967-1978) contains seven treaties and legal texts that were published by the Women’s…

In the Eye of the Storm: Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran

In the Eye of the Storm: Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran

[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”]   Women in Postrevolutionary Iran 1994 / Syracuse University Press and I.B. Tauris / Co-edited with Erika Friedl Order on Amazon. As soon as the Islamic Republic was firmly established in Iran, the government began to rewrite laws relating to women’s behavior. attempts were made…