I have written a post on this before (see one from a while back on Fatima Mernissi, Islamic Feminism, Women in Islam Arab culture/ Middle East), but this article on the appointment of a female Saudi education minister and the Freedom House (great org that promotes democracy, governance, civil society building in the region) study that shows small gains int he past few years in the Christian Science Monitor, reminded me of the importance of understanding and working to improve the position of women in the region.
Women are not oppressed in the Middle East bc of religion or bc of a certain ethnic of cultural group. They are oppressed bc they are no jobs, little chance for political expression, little access to effective lasting education (not everywhere of course), dictators, and lastly bc of a still existing taint on women's rights as 'western' and therefore imperialist and unwelcome.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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