Women's Role in Creation and Science : New Ethical Dimensions of Argumentation on Gender Equality

This chapter explores the challenges faced by women and the possibilities for improving economic development frameworks for this gender-specific group. It explains why women play an important role in bringing about economic development and what limits their engagement in income-generating activities. After providing a brief context of the evolution of thinking around women and development, from ‘Women in Development’ to ‘Gender and Development’, the chapter considers how and why women have been integrated into processes of ‘development’. It then presents evidence on the importance of women to economic development and highlights constraints on realising the full potential of women in the process of economic development. It also identifies priority areas of intervention for promoting gender equality that in turn will also help bring economic growth.

Malay Women Leaders in Malaysia: The Unthinkable?

Hawwa ◽

10.1163/15692086-12341363 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

Norshahril Saat

Keyword(s):

Gender Roles ◽

Women Leaders ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Political Leadership ◽

Modern Society ◽

Leadership Positions ◽

Islamic History ◽

Women's Role ◽

Alternative Discourses

AbstractThis article examines the position of the Malay religious elite towards the idea of women as leaders. Based on an analysis of the writings and sermons of a sample of the religious elite, the article concludes that they continue to be of the view that gender roles in modern society are ‘fixed’, ‘divine’, and ‘unquestionable’. By exploring Mohammed Arkoun’s concept of the ‘unthinkable’, I argue that the notion that women are unfit for top political leadership positions, by virtue of their gender, results from a parochial attitude towards traditions relating to women’s role in society and from a general failure to re-evaluate traditions in the light of the modern-day context. By traditions here, I refer not only to the hadiths (recorded sayings of the Prophet Mohammad), but also compilations of Qurʾanic exegesis (tafsīr) and juristic opinions (fatāwā, s. fatwa) passed down from one generation to another in the last 1,400 years of Islamic history. The article also explores how the religious elite’s views of gender equality might be reformed—it suggests that they need to be challenged with alternative discourses in order to transform their attitude towards religious sources from one that is unquestioning to one that is more questioning.

Islamophobia and Arab and Muslim Women's Activism

Cosmopolitan Civil Societies An Interdisciplinary Journal ◽

10.5130/ccs.v1i2.1040 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 63-76

Author(s):

Tara Povey

Keyword(s):

Gender Equality ◽

Women Activists ◽

Edward Said ◽

Human Beings ◽

Women's Activism ◽

Men And Women ◽

Muslim Majority ◽

Women's Role ◽

Experiences Of Women

The aim of this article is to compare women’s activism in Diaspora communities in Muslim majority countries, such as Iran, with some of the experiences of women activists in Western counties such as Australia. This is by no means a definitive account of Arab and Muslim women’s activism in either country but an attempt to raise some questions and provide a framework in order to understand some of the issues facing Arab and Muslim activists today. I believe that it is important to look at these issues in a way that is contextualized in terms of the material circumstances in which women living in Diaspora communities find themselves. In doing so, I hope to reveal the complexity and dynamism of women’s activism and to take on critically, Orientalist, essentialist and racist arguments regarding the nature of Arab and Muslim women’s role in opposing war and neo-liberalism and in the struggle for gender equality. As Edward Said argues, exile forces us to “see things not simply as they are, but as they have come to be that way. Look at situations as contingent, not as inevitable, look at them as a series of historical choices made by men and women, facts of society made by human beings not as natural or God-given, therefore unchangeable, permanent, irreversible.”

A QUESTáƒO DE GáŠNERO NA AGENDA PÚBLICA E POLáTICA DE CABO VERDE, áFRICA: Papel das ONG Feministas na Luta pelos Direitos das Mulheres

Outros Tempos – Pesquisa em Foco - História ◽

10.18817/ot.v12i19.456 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (19) ◽

Author(s):

CARLA SANTOS DE CARVALHO

Keyword(s):

Public Sphere ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Social Relationship ◽

Cape Verde ◽

The Public ◽

Cabo Verde ◽

The Social ◽

Las Mujeres ◽

Women's Role

As desigualdades entre mulheres e homens começaram a ser denunciadas pelas próprias mulheres em Cabo Verde. Estamos certos de que tais denúncias permitiram que as mulheres, lentamente, fossem adquirindo direitos e construindo uma agenda de igualdade. Nessa linha, propomos analisar o papel das ONG comprometidas com a igualdade de género, em Cabo Verde, em prol da defesa dos direitos das mulheres, num contexto de invisibilidade do papel destas na esfera pública. A metodologia adotada é a pesquisa documental e a realização de entrevistas com presidentes de 03 ONG que atuam no paás. As ONG têm criado condições que asseguram a igualdade entre homens e mulheres, com particular ênfase na promoção do empoderamento das mulheres, sobretudo, para contrapor os indicadores de desigualdades. As organizações vêm demonstrando capacidade de promover mudanças, provocando transformações na estrutura social, influenciando novas práticas e provocando novos modelos de relacionamento social de igualdade de gênero.Palavras-chaves: Mulheres. ONG. Cabo Verde.GENDER ISSUES ON THE PUBLIC AND POLITIC AGENDA IN CAPE VERDE, AFRICA: The Role of Feminists NGOs in the Struggles for Women's RightsAbstract: The inequalities between women and men started to be reported by women themselves in Cape Verde. We agree that these allegations have allowed women to acquire rights and building an equality agenda. Therefore, we propose to analyze the role of NGOs committed to gender equality in Cape Verde for the defense of women's rights in a context of invisibility of women's role in public sphere. The methodology is document research and interviews with three NGO”™s Presidents. These NGOs have created conditions that ensure equality between men and women, with particular emphasis on promoting the empowerment of women, especially to counter the inequality indicators. These organizations have demonstrated capacity to promote change, causing changes in the social structure, influencing new practices and causing new social relationship models of gender equality. Keywords: Women. NGO. Cape Verde. LA CUESTIÓN DE GÉNERO EN LA AGENDA PÚBLICA Y POLáTICA DE CABO VERDE, áFRICA: papel de las ONG feministas en la lucha por los derechos de las mujeresResumen: Las desigualdades entre mujeres y hombres empezaron a ser denunciadas por las mujeres de Cabo verde. Nos ponemos convictos de que estas denuncias permitieron que las mujeres, poco a poco, fuesen adquiriendo derechos y construyendo una agenda de igualdad. En esta lánea, se propone analizar el papel de las ONGs comprometidas con la igualdad de género, en Cabo Verde, en prol de la defensa de los derechos de las mujeres, en un contexto que señala la invisibilidad del papel de las mismas en la esfera pública. La metodologáa desarrollada es la investigación documental y realización de entrevistas con presidentes de tres ONGs que actúan en el paás. Las ONGs han criado condiciones que aseguran la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres, con énfasis en la promoción del empoderamiento de las mujeres, sobretodo, para contraponer los indicadores de desigualdades. Las organizaciones siguen demostrando capacidad de promover cambios en la estructura social, influenciando nuevas prácticas y provocando también nuevos modelos de relacionamiento social de igualdad de género.Palabras clave: Mujeres. ONG. Cabo Verde.

PERAN SOSIAL PEREMPUAN DALAM ISLAM: KAJIAN HISTORIS-NORMATIF MASA NABI DAN KHULAFA’ RASYIDUN

EGALITA ◽

10.18860/egalita.v0i0.2110 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

M. Hadi Masruri

Keyword(s):

Gender Equality ◽

Significant Role ◽

Social Role ◽

Pilot Project ◽

Religious Doctrine ◽

Historical Root ◽

History Of ◽

Women's Role ◽

Economics And Politics

The debate on women’s social role in Islam is an endless issue. What hasbeen done by contemporary muslim thinkers to cover women issues is notenough to influence central feminism issue, gender equality and genderequity. It can be shown from the stereotype for women to limit women’ssocial role only in domestic area still exists. The stereotype on womenis based on the understanding religious doctrine which is inherited byprevious generation and it is considered to have historical root in Prophet’stradition and His followers. This writing tries to prove that in the age ofthe Prophet and the age of khulafa ar Rasyidun can be the pilot project ofsocial role of women historically as well as normatively. At least, womenplayed significant role during that age in social, economics, and politics areas. All the facts of women’s role are included within Qur’an and hadith and they are also released in classical history of Islam such as Tarikh alThabariand Thabaqat Ibn Sa’ad.

From the Academy to the Boardroom: Methodological Challenges and Insights on Transnational Business Feminism

Feminist Review ◽

10.1177/0141778918817739 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 121 (1) ◽

pp. 53-65

Author(s):

Katherine Allison ◽

Catia Gregoratti ◽

Sofie Tornhill

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Community Development ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Feminist Research ◽

Research Projects ◽

Feminist Scholarship ◽

Women And Girls ◽

Corporate Elites ◽

Women's Role ◽

Distinct Field

Increasingly, corporations are championing the cause of gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Global South. Tapping into notions about women’s role as caregivers, empowerment promotion is simultaneously meant to lead to family and community development, profitability for those who invest in women and girls and economic growth. While emerging feminist scholarship on this kind of ‘transnational business feminism’ (TBF) (Roberts, 2012, 2015) has largely scrutinised gender governance based on visual and textual materials produced by corporations themselves, this article expands the methodological engagement with TBF by reflecting on how we translated the concept into two distinct field-based research projects. The article compares and contrasts our situated fieldwork experiences, focusing in particular on accessing corporate elites and development partners and the epistemological rifts that emerged in conversations with them. It documents how our experiences of blockages, hostile relations and miscommunications have shaped our critical feminist research, and points to some of the power relations at work within TBF.

Dinamika Kesetaraan Gender di Arab Saudi: Sebuah Harapan Baru di Era Raja Salman

JURNAL SOSIAL POLITIK ◽

10.22219/sospol.v6i1.11208 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 30

Author(s):

Nevy Rusmarina Dewi ◽

Azza Ihsanul Fikri ◽

Afifah Febriani

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Qualitative Method ◽

Social Role ◽

Policy Changes ◽

Literature Study ◽

Study Approach ◽

Vision 2030 ◽

Role Based ◽

Women's Role

Saudi Arabia is one of the Moslem countries in the Middle East which limits women’s rights. These women have limited access to economy, education, as well as politics. 2009 was the milestone for women’s public participation in Saudi Arabia. This research aims to analyze the development of gender equality issue in Saudi Arabia which encourages policy changes in the era of King Salman. Gender is a character owned by someone in accordance with his/her social role based on his/her sex. Gender equality focuses on the equality of social role which is obtained by both men and women. In Koran surah Al- Baqarah article 288, there are two perspectives about women’s position which included normative and contextual aspects. Gender equality in Islamic’s perspective has been recognized in OKI’s Charter article 6. This research uses qualitative method with literature study approach. The result shows that the dynamic of policy changes in Saudi Arabia is influenced by the condition of Saudi’s women socio-cultural itself, the debate of the Ulama about gender equality which proposes Wassatiya’s perspective and Vision 2030 by Mohammad bin Salman as the hope of the implementation of the policy which gives a bigger opportunity for women’s role in public.

Women's Empowerment as a Tool for Sustainable Development of Higher Education and Research in the Digital Age

Stagnancy Issues and Change Initiatives for Global Education in the Digital Age - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4993-3.ch007 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 141-172

Author(s):

Lina Kurchenko ◽

Evhenia Kolomiyets-Ludwig ◽

Denys Ilnytskyy

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Academic Culture ◽

Women's Empowerment ◽

Women’S Empowerment ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Global Challenge ◽

Gender Biases ◽

Women's Role

The chapter deals with the global issue of advancing women's role in higher education and research (HE&R) as a mechanism for reaching the Sustainable Development Goal 5 – gender equality. Gender analysis method is employed to identify historical and current differences between women and men relative to their participation in HE&R and access to decision-making and resources therein. The focus is on the global challenge of gender disparities, including horizontal and vertical segregation, the androcentric academic culture, and the gender pay gap. The authors warn of possible contamination of AI with human gender biases, which can be detrimental to academic hiring and assessment procedures. Summarizing gender-equality policies and practices available worldwide, the authors give recommendations on women's empowerment in HE&R on the global, national, and organizational levels.

Women Empowerment Initiatives and Socio-Economic Development

Women Empowerment and Well-Being for Inclusive Economic Growth - Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-3737-4.ch007 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 106-119

Author(s):

Anviti Gupta ◽

Alok Gupta

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Economic Development ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Political Process ◽

Civil Society Organizations ◽

Women Empowerment ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

World Economic ◽

The Government ◽

Women's Role

Empowered women encourage economic development and assist in making stable societies, and everyone benefits from the growth and stability that empowered women add to the economy. According to a study by McKinsey, if the economic participation of women is promoted globally, especially in developing countries, then it might enhance world economic growth by $28 trillion dollars by 2025. In Uzbekistan disparities exist between men and women in education, health, employment and income opportunities, control over assets, personal security, and participation in the political process in the country. The women come across significant barriers which deter her to participate fully and freely in contributing to the economic growth of the country. The stereotypical image of women, where we revere her mainly as a mother, the guardian of family wellbeing, is rooted in the minds of people; it is true, but in today's world, she should not be an inactive bystander, but an active and proactive contributor in the currently going on democratic transformations in the country. There is no denying the fact that Uzbek women have made a considerable progress in the last few years, but they have to struggle against many handicaps and social evils in the male-dominated society. The empowerment of women is one of the solutions to the problems of inequality, subordination, and marginalization. A critical problem and a high priority for the Government of Uzbekistan are to improve women's role and empower them to take part in the economic growth of the world. This chapter speaks about the government initiatives in empowering Uzbek women and bringing gender equality in the society. The data for the chapter was collected from secondary sources. The objectives of this article are to examine and analyse the initiatives taken by Uzbek government and other UN bodies for gender equality and women empowerment. The same strategies can be replicated in other parts of Central Asia where women are still not treated equally and can be empowered to contribute to the socioeconomic growth. The current research may suggest the authorities and civil society organizations to improve and implement inventive methodologies to attain gender equality, advancement, and peace.

PARTISIPASI PEREMPUAN DALAM LEMBAGA LEGISLATIF DI KABUPATEN KENDAL

KOMUNITAS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDONESIAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE ◽

10.15294/komunitas.v2i2.2276 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Oktaviani Adhi Suciptaningsih

Keyword(s):

Gender Equality ◽

Research Result ◽

Cultural Barriers ◽

Male Population ◽

Gender Perspective ◽

Legislative Council ◽

Interview Research ◽

Women's Participation ◽

Participation Of Women ◽

Women's Role

Partisipasi perempuan dalam politik merupakan bentuk emansipasi yang penting bagi perempuan untuk mencapai kesetaraan gender.Dalam penelitian ini, saya mengeksplorasi bagaimana partisipasi perempuan dalam Lembaga Legislatif di Kabupaten Kendal dan bagaimana peran perempuan dalam penentuan kebijakan di Lembaga Legislatif di Kabupaten Kendal. Metode penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif, pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa partisipasi perempuan dalam Lembaga Legislatif di Kabupaten Kendal masih sangat rendah, dari 45 orang anggota dewan legislatif, hanya 4 orang saja yang perempuan. Padahal jumlah penduduk perempuan lebih banyak daripada penduduk laki-laki. Rendahnya partisipasi perempuan ini disebabkan karena banyaknya kendala yang menghambat perempuan untuk maju berpartisipasi dalam lembaga legislatif, diantaranya kendala psikologis, ekonomi, politik, dan sosial budaya. Yang sedikit inipun tidak memiliki kompetensi yang baik untuk memperjuangkan keadilan jender dalam kebijakan. Akibatnya, banyak kebijakan publik yang belum berperspektif gender.Women’s participation in politics is a important emancipation strategy of women in achieving gender equality. In this article, I seek to discuss the participation of women in the parliamentary body in the district of Kendal and women’s role in determining policy in the district. Method used in this research is observation and interview. Research result shows that women’s participation in Kendal is still low; of the 45 legislative council members, only 4 are women, though the population of women outnumbers male population. The low participation of women roots from many barriers, such as psychological, economic, political, social and cultural barriers. This limited number also does not have enough competence to pass gender equality policies in the parliament. The consequence of low participation of women is the lack of gender perspective in the policy made by the legislative body.