Haghighat-Sordellini, Elhum.

Women in the Middle East and North Africa Change and continuity / [[Book] :] Elhum Haghighat-Sordellini. - 1st ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - 216 p. : map ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-204) and index.

Introduction -- The path of social and economic change according to the modernization theory -- Patriarchy, modernization, and the global economy -- Women's status : the question of access to resources and women's empowerment -- Women's status and fertility pattern -- Education and status of women -- Work : definition and patterns -- Labor migration, oil revenue, and their impact on women's employment -- Conclusion.

All age.

9780230103504 0230103502 (alk. paper)

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Women--Social conditions.--Middle East
Women--Social conditions.--Africa, North

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