Women in the Middle East and North Africa Change and continuity - Haghighat-Sordellini, Elhum (New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-204) and index.
All age.
Keywords: Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions; Women -- Africa, North -- Social conditions