scholarly journals Conference on: “The Status of Gender Research in Denmark and the Arab Region” - January 14-16, 2008

1970 ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
Women's Studies ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Gender Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Gender

The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the LebaneseAmerican University (LAU) and the Danish Center for Information on Women and Gender (KVINFO) held a conference entitled: “The Status of Gender Research in Denmark and the Arab Region”.

scholarly journals The Gender-Sensitive Fact-File: Profiles of the Arab League Countries

1970 ◽  
pp. 93-138
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
Women's Studies ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Large Area ◽  
The West ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Arab League

The Institute of Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW), established in 1973, took the whole Arab region as its field of observation and reporting. This far-reaching ambition has sustained the Institute and its publications, especially Al-Raida, ever since. Yet the goal of covering such a large area is a challenging one: the Arab League states - 22 - stretch from Mauritania in the West to the ComorosIslands in the East

scholarly journals Democracy and Gender: The Role of Women in Politics, the Media and Education

1970 ◽  
pp. 11-12
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
Women's Studies ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
American University ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Lebanese American University ◽  
The Media ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
And Gender

In cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Goethe Institut, the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University held a seminar on Friday, November 18, 2005 on Democracy and Gender.Mr. Samir Farah, representative of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung started by welcoming the audience and introducing the event.

scholarly journals Workshop of the Women’s Studies’ and Gender Research Network - Manila

1970 ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
University Research ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Gender Research ◽  
And Gender

IWSAW was invited to attend the Workshop of the Women’s Studies’ and Gender Research Network on July 25 and 26, 2007 in Manila, the Philippines. During the workshop the network members discussed ways of collaborating with UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Program for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights and areas for inter-university/ research centers collaboration on gender issues across continents.

scholarly journals Session 1: Empowerment of Women in Politics and Media

1970 ◽  
pp. 58-61
Author(s):  
Dima Dabbous-Sensenig
Keyword(s):  
Women's Studies ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
And Gender

When I was asked to participate in this forum, I thought it was clear what I was getting myself into. As [then] Acting Director of the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) and a media scholar, I thought this was going to be a presentation on media and gender, the intersection of two fields I am quite familiar with from an academic perspective. Easy, I thought. However, when I talked a few weeks ago with Ms. Nakash concerning the details of the presentation, she explained that she expected something personal. I wasn't so sure anymore. Not because I can't be personal, but because I have never done that in public, especially in relation to politics. This is indeed one situation, I thought, where I was not sure I wanted the personal to be political, no offence to sister feminists intended.

scholarly journals Gender parity in Tunisia

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
AHMED CHABCHOUB
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gender Parity ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Gender ◽  
International Conventions

In the Arab world, Tunisia is an exception in terms of the advancement of women and gender equality. Indeed, our country mixes in this very critical social field, a voluntarist policy that some describe as "state feminism" and this, since 1956, date of promulgation of the first Personal Status Code, very favorable to women and to gender parity (Deneuil, 2006). This policy is based on avant-garde legislation, renewed and corrected for 50 years in view of the evolution of Tunisian society (Credif, 2009), but also on encouraging the education of young girls, to the point that the girls' current university enrollment rate exceeds that of boys (62% of all students, in September 2016). The accession of Tunisia - since the 1990s - to international conventions and the amendment of the Labor Code (1992) also contributed to the adoption (at least in the texts) of the principle of non-discrimination "Man / Woman In the world of work, for both the public and private sectors (Ben Hassine, 2007). The creation of the Ministry of Women (1992) and a Center for Research and Information on Women, Crédif (1993), with an Observatory on the Status of Women, will provide Tunisia with official structures (therefore supported by the State), intended to ensure women a better participation in economic and social life, within the framework of parity (Ben Hassine, 2007).

Values and Gender Equality between Islam and the West

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Moulay Rachid Mrani
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
The West ◽  
Living Together ◽  
The Status ◽  
Muslim Intellectuals ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
And Gender

If the development of technology, means of communication, and rapid transportation have made continents closer and made the world a small village, the outcome of the ensuing encounters among cultures and civilizations is far from being a mere success. Within this new reality Muslims, whether they live in majority or minority contexts, face multiple challenges in terms of relating to non-Muslim cultures and traditions. One of these areas is the status of women and gender equality. Ali Mazrui was one of the few Muslim intellectuals to be deeply interested in this issue. His dual belonging, as an African and as a westerner, enable him to understand such issues arising from the economic, political, and ethical contrasts between the West and Islam. This work pays tribute to this exceptional intellectual’s contribution toward the rapprochement between the western and the Islamic value systems, illustrating how he managed to create a “virtual” space for meeting and living together between two worlds that remain different yet dependent upon each other. 

scholarly journals Arab Women Poets of the Modern Period

1970 ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
Women's Studies ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Women Poets ◽  
Arab Women ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Literary Figure

It has been the privilege of the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World to have had professor Rose Ghurayyib as Editor of Al-Raida for many years. Professor Ghurayyib is a prominent writer and a well-known literary figure in the Arab world.

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