Women, sexuality, and social change in the Middle East and the Maghreb.

From: Social Research | Date: September 22, 2002| Author: Ilkkaracan, Pinar | Copyright information

Introduction

IN THIS age of globalization, women's bodies and sexuality are increasingly becoming arenas of intense conflict. Conservative and religious right political forces are fiercely trying to maintain or reinforce traditional mechanisms of control over women's sexuality and even create new ones. Four UN conferences held in the 1990s--the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, the 1995 Beijing Conference, the 1999 five-year rev...

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