Spring of women?

Authors

  • Mónica Castillo Icesi University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18046/retf.i2.1323

Keywords:

Islamic Feminism, Muslim Feminism, Women's Movement, Arab Revolutions, Arab spring

Abstract

Terms such as “Islamic feminism” and “women’s movement” refer to those social movements of women that seek to assert their rights in Islamic societies. This brief study focuses on theses social movements of women and will presentan overview of the role and participation of women in the Arab Spring by examining news, events, press articles and opinions in order to contextualize the participation of women and feminists in the Arab Spring from a perspective of the social networking phenomenon as apparent drivers of the revolution.

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Author Biography

  • Mónica Castillo, Icesi University

    Estudiante de noveno semestre de Sociología y Antropología de la Universidad Icesi. Sus áreas de interés son la sociología del trabajo, los movimientos sociales y la intervención social. Ponente en el IX Congreso Nacional de Estudiantes de Sociología con el trabajo “Fundamentación y apropiación de los derechos (estado y comunidad)del pueblo indígena Misak/Guambian”. Es asistente académica y de investigación del área de Estudios Sociales de la Universidad Icesi.

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Published

2012-12-15

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