A01=Amy Young Evrard
Author_Amy Young Evrard
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civil society Morocco
contemporary Morocco
democratization in Morocco
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feminist activism
gender and politics
human rights movements
Islamic feminism
legal reform Morocco
Middle East studies
Middle East women's rights
Morocco gender equality
Moudawana family law reform
North Africa feminism
political reform Morocco
social movements Middle East
women and Islam
women's and gender studies
women's empowerment Morocco
women's NGOs
women's rights activism
Product details
- ISBN 9780815633501
- Weight: 568g
- Dimensions: 159 x 241mm
- Publication Date: 09 Jun 2014
- Publisher: Syracuse University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Among various important efforts to address women’s issues in Morocco, a particular set of individuals and associations have formed around two specific goals: reforming the Moroccan Family Code and raising awareness of women’s rights. Evrard chronicles the history of the women’s rights movement, exploring the organizational structure, activities, and motivations with specific attention to questions of legal reform and family law. Employing ethnographic scrutiny, Evrard presents the stories of the individual women behind the movement and the challenges they faced. Given the vast reform of the Moroccan Family Code in 2004, and the emphasis on the role of women across the Middle East and North Africa today, this book makes a timely argument for the analysis of women’s rights as both global and local in origin, evolution, and application.
Amy Young Evrard is associate professor of anthropology at Gettysburg College. She has written several articles on women’s rights in Morocco and gender in the Middle East.
