Women in Arab Society - Work Patterns and Gender Relations in Egypt, Jordan and Sudan (Paperback)

The studies in this book are the result of a cross-cultural research project which arose from recommendations of the Unesco Regional Working Group on Women's Participation in Public Life in the Arab States Region, organized in cooperation with the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Jordan. The contributors - all eminent women scholars of the Arab region - examine the impact of the oil economy, and the effect that radical social and economic changes have had, on patterns of women's work and on value systems concerning their position in society. Women's situation in both rural and urban contexts is studied, and empirical analysis is combined with life histories to demonstrate the complex dynamics of gender relations in Arab states.