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Norms and Women’s Political and Legal Rights

In: Norms and Gender Discrimination in the Arab World

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  • Adel S Z Abadeer

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Prevailing gender-discriminating norms and rules explain women’s lack of legal and political rights in the Arab world. Women’s access to political and legal rights varies according to the balance of collectivism and individualism in different Arab countries. Women, in general, have more rights in the more individualist countries such as in North-West Africa (Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco), than in more collectivist countries (Saudi Arabia, Yemen). Within each country, women who are prone to individualism (e.g., rich, educated, employed women living urban regions) tend to exercise more rights than women in poor, illiterate households in rural regions.

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  • Adel S Z Abadeer, 2015. "Norms and Women’s Political and Legal Rights," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Norms and Gender Discrimination in the Arab World, chapter 0, pages 241-252, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-39528-3_13
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137395283_13
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