A01=Yasmin Husein Al-Jawaheri
Author_Yasmin Husein Al-Jawaheri
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Product details
- ISBN 9781845116484
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jan 2008
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Since the removal of Saddam Hussein from power, Iraq has seen an explosion of violence and intimidation against women. However, as al-Jawaheri demonstrates in this original and important book, this development should not have taken people by surprise. The deterioriation of gender relations was in fact an overlooked by-product of a decade of international sanctions.Interviewing women of all different ages and backgrounds, al-Jawaheri examines the impact of the UN economic sanctions on family relations, gender violence, domestic responsibilities and employment practices. She shows that by restricting womens' ability to participate in education and in the labour force, sanctions reinforced conservative gender roles. She shows how the 2003 war and upsurge in sectarianism intensified this problem, and assesses the future prospects for womens' rights in Iraq.
Yasmin H. al-Jawaheri is an Iraqi-born writer and academic. She has a PhD in Middle East studies from the University of Exeter and a Masters in International Law from Lund University in Sweden.
