Arab State and Women's Rights

Elham Manea is a Fulbright scholar working as an Associate Professor at the Political Science Institute at the University of Zurich, and is a consultant for Swiss government agencies and international and human rights organizations. Her research interests include gender and politics in Arab states, democratization and civil society in the Middle East, and politics of the Arabian Peninsula.

• Part 1: Theoretical Framework 1. Suffrage Rights vs Personal Status Rights in Arab States 2. State and Gender Politics in Comparative Politics and Middle Eastern Studies 3. The Arab Authoritarian State and Women’s Rights: A Framework for Analysis Part 2: Arab State Formation, Social Fragmentation and Gender Politics 4. State Formation in the Pre-Independence Periods 5. Family Laws and Suffrage Rights in the Pre-Independence Periods Part 3: The Arab Authoritarian State and Women’s Rights 6. Features of the Post-Colonial Arab Authoritarian State and Gender Politics: An Approach 7. First Case Study: Yemen 8. Second Case Study: Kuwait 9. Third Case Study: Syria 10. Conclusion