Government 231 - Colloquium: Women's Social Movements in the Middle East

This course explores how women’s social movements emerge and sustain themselves in the Middle East and North Africa. The class covers issues ranging from women agitating for citizenship rights and the vote, to questions of personhood, family code, and women's labor rights. Throughout the class, students consider how mobilized women negotiate a world of both contemporary and traditional religious and secular values to pursue their agendas in the public arena. Students leave this course with a fuller appreciation of the variety of issues around which women mobilize in the region as well as an understanding of the diverse strategies they adopt to meet their chosen goals. Designation: Comparative.