Download or read book Women and Development in the Middle East and North Africa written by Joseph G. Jabbra and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broadly speaking, women and development can be viewed as the empowerment of women in a Third World context. Accordingly, the question arises whether women in the Middle East and North Africa benefit from development, and, if so, in what way? The essays in this volume survey a number of countries in the region to address these questions. The countries covered include Afghanistan, Palestine/Israel, Iran, Algeria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Egypt. There is also a general essay on women and development. The authors themselves are an international group of social scientists specializing in the region.