Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation implementing the Beijing platform edited by Mahnaz Afkhami and Erika Friedl.

Based in part on the proceedings of a conference which was convened by the Sisterhood Is Global Institute 9-11 May, 1996 at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186) and index. Contents: Beyond Beijing : obstacles and prospects for the Middle East / Deniz Kandiyoti -- Fundamentalism and women's rights : lessons from the City of Women / Boutheina Cheriet -- Women, Islamisms, and state : dynamics of power and contemporary feminisms in Egypt / Azza M. Karam -- Aberrant "Islams" and errant daughters : the turbulent legacy of Beijing in Muslim societies / Ann Elizabeth Mayer -- Muslim women's Islamic higher learning as a human right : the action plan / Nimat Hafez Barazangi -- Imagination as subversion : narrative as a tool of civic awareness / Azar Nafisi -- Personal status codes and women's rights in the Maghreb / Fiat Ziai -- Leadership development for young women : a model / Sharifah Tahir -- The Women Studies Program in Palestine : between criticism and new vision / Eileen Kuttab -- Imperiled pioneer : an assessment of the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World / Laurie E. King-Irani -- Claiming our rights : a manual for women's human rights education in Muslim societies / Mahnaz Afkhami -- International human rights organizations and advocacy for change / Maryam Elahi -- International organizations, national machinery, Islam, and foreign policy / Mervat Tallawy --tMuslim law and women living under Muslim laws / Seema Kazi -- Gender equality and the World Bank / Roslyn G. Hees -- UNIFEM and Women's climb to equality : no turning back / Noeleen Heyzer and Ilana Landsberg-Lewis.