Women and Power: Education, Religion and Identity

Contents

Content List of Abbreviations ......................................................................................... ix List of Tables ......................................................................................................x List of Boxes ........................................................................................................x Acknowledgements .............................................................................................. xi Preface ............................................................................................................... xiii Introduction ...................................................................................................... xix 1. The Methodology ........................................................................................ 1 2. Women’s Civic-Political Participation Towards an Equitable and Humane Democratic Order.................................................................... 11 3. The Subordinate Role of Women in the Private and Public Spheres ....................................................................................................... 49 4. Who am I? Prescribing Women’s Identities ....................................... 79 5. The Violence of Power: Power Relations and Women’s Experience of Violence ....................................................................... 107 6. Women’s Identities and Power 147 7. Is Formal Education Empowering? ................................................... 163 Conclusion and Recommendations .................................................................. 183 References..........................................................................................................189 Appendices .......................................................................................................195 ...