Victims and heroines : women, welfare and the Egyptian state by Bibars, Iman instant download

Victims and heroines : women, welfare and the Egyptian state by Bibars, Iman instant download

ix, 206 pages ; 22 cm, \"Poverty and inequality are on the increase in developing countries like Egypt struggling with economic stabilization. But though the poor are the victims of almost all governments carrying out liberalization, women suffer in particular. In this book Iman Bibars looks at women in charge of female-headed households, now comprising 15 to 30 per cent of urban Egyptian families. She investigates how these women cope with poverty and seek to extract benefits from both state agencies and religious welfare organizations. She finds that women forced by circumstance to head their own households encounter a serious gender bias.\" \"Giving insight into the gendered nature of the state and the consequent effects on service delivery, Victims and Heroines shows women's responses to an oppressive system and their strategies for changing their subordination to men.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references and index, Introduction: gendering the state -- The feminist researcher among the women -- Defining female headship -- Women, welfare and the state -- The politics of exclusion -- Beyond the veil: religion and welfare -- Women as victims, women as survivors? -- Conclusion: do women resist?