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The Human Rights of Middle Eastern & Muslim Women: A Project for the 21st Century
- Human Rights Quarterly
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 26, Number 1, February 2004
- pp. 106-125
- 10.1353/hrq.2004.0002
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This article first explores the state of human rights of Middle Eastern/Muslim Women in a selection of North African, Central Asian, and Middle Eastern countries. It then contrasts this present state of oppression with the emerging legal reforms and attempts made by a new generation of women's rights activists. These activists are building new institutions in their homelands despite numerous obstacles and great personal and political risk, creating the need for a new dialogue and approach to human rights in the Middle East.