Lebanese Women At the Crossroads - Caught Between Sect and Nation

This book argues that women are caught between sect and nation in Lebanon due to the division between religious and civil law. Consequently, a dual struggle is necessary, the first for women's equal political and civil rights and the second for women's equal legal rights in relation to personal status law.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2.The Formation of Lebanon as a 'Confessional Democracy': An Accommodation of Difference?
Chapter 3.Gender and Personal Status Law in Lebanon
Chapter 4.A New Phase of Women's Rights Activism: Online and Offline
Chapter 5.Intersectional Activism: Civil Rights and Women's Rights
Chapter 6.The Quest for Civil Marriage
Chapter 7.Conclusion: Caught Between Sect and Nation?

About the author

By Nelia Hyndman-Rizk

Summary

This book argues that women are caught between sect and nation in Lebanon due to the division between religious and civil law. Consequently, a dual struggle is necessary, the first for women’s equal political and civil rights and the second for women’s equal legal rights in relation to personal status law.

Product details

• Authors: Nelia Hyndman-Rizk
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781498522748
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2274-8
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Naher und Mittlerer Osten, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Arab Spring, Civil Marriage, Confessional Democracy, Lebanon, Personal status codes, Sect, Social Movements, Women's Rights