Buch
Monografie
Muslim women in postcolonial Kenya : leadership, representation, and social change
Verfasst von:
Alidou, Ousseina D.
Madison, Wis. [u. a.]:
Univ. of Wisconsin Press
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2013
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225 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Alidou, Ousseina D. |
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Women in Africa and the diaspora
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| Jahr: | 2013 |
| Maße: | 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0299294641 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| In education, journalism, legislative politics, social justice, health, law, and other arenas, Muslim women across Kenya are emerging as leaders in local, national, and international contexts, advancing reforms through their activism. "Muslim Women in Postcolonial Kenya" draws on extensive interviews with six such women, revealing how their religious and moral beliefs shape reform movements that bridge ethnic divides and foster alliances in service of creating a just, multicultural, multiethnic, and multireligious democratic citizenship. Mwalim Azara Mudira opened a school of theology for Muslim women. Nazlin Omar Rajput of The Nur magazine was a pioneer in reporting on HIV/AIDS in the Muslim community. Amina Abubakar, host of a women’s radio show, has publicly addressed the sensitive subject of sexual crimes against Muslim women. Two women who are members of parliament are creating new socioeconomic and political opportunities for girls and women, within a framework that still embraces traditional values of marriage and motherhood. Examining the interplay of gender, agency, and autonomy, Ousseina D. Alidou shows how these Muslim women have effected change in the home, school, mosque, media, and more. She illuminates their determination to challenge the oppressive influences of male-dominated power structures. In looking at differences as opportunities rather than obstacles, they reflect a new sensibility among Muslim women, redefining the meaning of women’s citizenship within their own community of faith and within the nation. | |
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