Globalization, gender, and religion : the politics of implementing women's rights in Catholic and Muslim contexts

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. In this book, 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. 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. --From publisher description

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.

In the early 1970s, accompanying the current wave of globalization, conservative nationalist religious movements began using religion to oppose democratic and often western-oriented regimes. Reasserting patriarchal gender relations presumably authorized by religion has been central to these movements. At the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, Muslim and Catholic delegations from diverse countries united to oppose provisions on sexuality, reproductive rights, and women's rights as human rights. In this book, 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. 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. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-15 Women Redefining Modernity and Religion in the Globalized Context....Pages 17-60 United States Catholic Women: Feminist Theologies in Action....Pages 61-86 Implementing the Beijing Commitments in Ireland....Pages 87-106 Implementing Women’s Rights in Spain....Pages 107-125 The Politics of Implementing Women’s Rights in Catholic Countries of Latin America....Pages 127-155 The Politics of Implementing Women’s Rights in Turkey....Pages 157-175 Women’s Strategies in Iran from the 1979 Revolution to 1999....Pages 177-201 The Politics of Implementing Women’s Rights in Bangladesh....Pages 203-230 The Silent Ayesha: An Egyptian Narrative....Pages 231-257 Back Matter....Pages 259-280 Unlike the previous world conferences on women, the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, held in the post-Cold War context, was not characterized by intense ideological disputes over grand theories or between the left and right.