Globalization, Gender, and Religion : The Politics of Women's Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts

by Bayes, Jane; Tohidi, Nayereh

• ISBN13: 9780312293697
• ISBN10: 0312293690
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-17
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In the early 1970s, accompanying the current wave of globalization, conservative nationalist religious movements began using religion to oppose non-democratic and often Western oriented regimes. Reasserting patriarchal gender relations presumably authorized by religion has been central to these movements. At the Fourth United Nations Congress on Women in Beijing in 1995, Muslim and Catholic delegations from diverse countries united to oppose provisions on sexuality, reproductive rights, women's health, and women's rights as human rights. Scholars from eight different Muslim and Catholic communities analyze the political strategies that women are employing in these contexts ranging from acceptance of traditional doctrines to various forms of resistance, religious reinterpretation, innovation, and political action toward change and equal rights.

Author Biography

Jane Bayes is Professor of Political Science at California State University, Northridge where she teaches in the areas of women and politics and political economy.

Nayereh Tohidi is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at California State University, Northridge. She teaches in the area of sociology of gender and social change in Muslim societies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
List of Acronyms	ix
Introduction	1	(16)
Jane H. Bayes
Nayereh Tohidi
Women Redefining Modernity and Religion in the Globalized Context	17	(44)
Nayereh Tohidi
Jane H. Bayes
United States Catholic Women: Feminist Theologies in Action	61	(26)
Susan Marie Maloney
Implementing the Beijing Commitments in Ireland	87	(20)
Yvonne Galligan
Nuala Ryan
Implementing Women's Rights in Spain	107	(20)
Celia Valiente
The Politics of Implementing Women's Rights in Catholic Countries of Latin America	127	(30)
Laura Guzman Stein
The Politics of Implementing Women's Rights in Turkey	157	(20)
Ayse Gunes-Ayata
Women's Strategies in Iran from the 1979 Revolution to 1999	177	(26)
Mehranguiz Kar
The Politics of Implementing Women's Rights in Bangladesh	203	(28)
Najma Chowdhury
The Silent Ayesha: An Egyptian Narrative	231	(28)
Heba Raouf Ezzat
Appendix: A Brief Summary of Catholic and Muslim Expansion	259	(8)
Contributors	267	(4)
Index	271