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Diversity
and Female Political Participation: Views on and from the Arab World
Equality,
respect for human rights, and protection of citizens’ rights by the government
are mutually enhancing features of good governance. They are meant to refer to
men and women alike, implying that the denial of equal rights and equal
participation based on gender discrimination is incompatible with the notion of
good governance – and the notion of democracy. But what does the political
participation of women look like within the immense diversity of the Arabic
world? How are gender conditions linked to the possibility of achieving good
governance and democracy? Which roles does Islam play in enforcing women
participation in this part of the world? In this edition of the Heinrich Boell
Foundation’s series on Democracy, these questions are analyzed based on
historical and current developments of gender relationships, and the role of
women in the politics of Egypt, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and
Kuwait.
With contributions by Claudia Derichs, Hoda Salah, Azadeh Zamirirad, Hala
Kindelberger, Dana Fennert, and Vania Carvalho Pinto.
Publication series on democracy, Volume 21:
Diversity and Female Political Participation: Views on and from the
Arab World
Concept, compilation, editing by Claudia Derichs
Edited by the Heinrich Böll Foundation
Berlin, October 2010, 120 pages
ISBN 978-3-86928-040-0
Copies can be ordered from (starting 29 October):
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Schumannstr. 8
10117 Berlin
Phone: 030-285340
Fax: 030-28534109
E-mail: info@boell.de