The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Women's Empowerment in Saudi Arabia

Khadija A. Nasseef (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

120 Seiten

2022 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-8542-3 (ISBN)

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This book explores the dynamics of non-governmental organisations in Saudi Arabia, especially those that offer services for women or aim to empower women. The empowerment process in Saudi has its own unique history because it deals with cultural and traditional particulars. In order to succeed, women’s empowerment has to take unconventional, gradual, and lengthy paths which are very interesting to observe and document. This book sheds the light on the tactics and negotiation processes used by these organizations to empower women and even the negotiations that Saudi women make in their daily lives. It is also a documentation of the rapid social changes happening in Saudi Arabia in general, and regarding women within NGO settings in terms of their events, media, and other strategies in particular.

Khadija A. Nasseef is an Assistant Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. She holds a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Leeds, UK, and a Master’s degree in Applied Sociology from West Virginia University, USA. Her work focuses on social policy, environment, community development, and women’s issues.

Erscheinungsdatum	17.08.2022
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-5275-8542-5 / 1527585425
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-8542-3 / 9781527585423
Zustand	Neuware