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A Spring Aborted : How Authoritarianism Violates Women's Rights in the Arab World.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Emerald Points SeriesPublisher: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (206 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787566637
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Spring AbortedDDC classification:
  • 321.9
LOC classification:
  • HN1-995
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- A SPRING ABORTED: How Authoritarianism Violates Women's Rights in the Arab World -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Women of the Arab Spring: Violence against Women as a Means of Political Repression -- 1.1. April 10, 2019 | Khartoum, Sudan -- 1.2. March 9, 2011 | Cairo, Egypt -- 1.3. July 7, 2011 | Homs, Syria -- 1.4. October 15, 2010, Sanáa, Yemen -- 1.5. December 17, 2010 | Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia -- Chapter 2 Why the Arab Spring? -- 2.1. Freedom Deficits -- 2.2. Economic Shortages -- 2.3. Why Women Revolted? -- 2.4. Why Women Lag Behind? -- 2.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Women, Honor, and Sexual Violence -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Women and Honor in Arab Culture -- 3.3. Aspects of Sexual Violence -- 3.3.1. Premeditated and Ordered from Above -- 3.3.2. Blaming the Victim -- 3.3.3. Impunity and Lack of Accountability -- 3.4. Hierarchical Cultures and Sexual Violence -- 3.5. Authoritarianism -- 3.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Feminism and the Arab Spring -- 4.1. Bouthaina Shaaban -- 4.1.1. Shaaban's Social and Political Thought -- 4.1.2. Speaking on Behalf of the Regime -- 4.1.3. Shaaban and the Arab Spring -- 4.2. Nawal El-Saadawi -- 4.2.1. El-Saadawi and the Arab Spring -- 4.3. Conclusion -- Chapter 5 "Arab Spring" or "Arab Autumn"? -- 5.1. The So-called "Arab Spring" -- 5.2. Women and the Arab Spring -- 5.3. So Who Hijacked the Arab Spring? -- Appendix: Arab Spring Timeline -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: The Arab Spring uprisings were not about gender; these were uprisings demanding rights for all. Yet, they presented a rare opportunity for women to let themselves be heard. And, from being some of the most memorable and lasting leaders of these revolutionary protests, female activists were particularly targeted by many regimes.
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Front Cover -- A SPRING ABORTED: How Authoritarianism Violates Women's Rights in the Arab World -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Women of the Arab Spring: Violence against Women as a Means of Political Repression -- 1.1. April 10, 2019 | Khartoum, Sudan -- 1.2. March 9, 2011 | Cairo, Egypt -- 1.3. July 7, 2011 | Homs, Syria -- 1.4. October 15, 2010, Sanáa, Yemen -- 1.5. December 17, 2010 | Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia -- Chapter 2 Why the Arab Spring? -- 2.1. Freedom Deficits -- 2.2. Economic Shortages -- 2.3. Why Women Revolted? -- 2.4. Why Women Lag Behind? -- 2.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Women, Honor, and Sexual Violence -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Women and Honor in Arab Culture -- 3.3. Aspects of Sexual Violence -- 3.3.1. Premeditated and Ordered from Above -- 3.3.2. Blaming the Victim -- 3.3.3. Impunity and Lack of Accountability -- 3.4. Hierarchical Cultures and Sexual Violence -- 3.5. Authoritarianism -- 3.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Feminism and the Arab Spring -- 4.1. Bouthaina Shaaban -- 4.1.1. Shaaban's Social and Political Thought -- 4.1.2. Speaking on Behalf of the Regime -- 4.1.3. Shaaban and the Arab Spring -- 4.2. Nawal El-Saadawi -- 4.2.1. El-Saadawi and the Arab Spring -- 4.3. Conclusion -- Chapter 5 "Arab Spring" or "Arab Autumn"? -- 5.1. The So-called "Arab Spring" -- 5.2. Women and the Arab Spring -- 5.3. So Who Hijacked the Arab Spring? -- Appendix: Arab Spring Timeline -- Notes -- References -- Index.

The Arab Spring uprisings were not about gender; these were uprisings demanding rights for all. Yet, they presented a rare opportunity for women to let themselves be heard. And, from being some of the most memorable and lasting leaders of these revolutionary protests, female activists were particularly targeted by many regimes.

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