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Assessment of women's rights in the MENA region : case studies of Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia amd Morocco
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Florence : European University Institute, 2006
EUI; LAW; PhD Thesis
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M’RAH, Mejda, Assessment of women’s rights in the MENA region : case studies of Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia amd Morocco, Florence : European University Institute, 2006, EUI, LAW, PhD Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/6358
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The aim of my research is to comprehensively assess women’s rights in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). This comprehensive assessment tackles three aspects. The first is the domestic, the second is the international and the third is the regional level. For methodological purposes the following research essentially concerns women’s rights in the context o f the laws on personal status. I have chosen four main case studies from the MENA region, namely those of Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. A number of reasons justify this choice. First, apart from the fact that these countries tend to represent a certain homogeneity in terms of their geographical location (North Africa) and their widespread Sunni Islamic tradition, these countries, in my view, tend to be considered of pivotal significance in the region given their common strategic geopolitical characteristics and historical background. For instance, Egypt has not only been historically considered one of the most flourishing centres of Islamic Sunni knowledge but was also held to be a symbol of Arab unity in the region during the time of Abd el Nasser. In addition, Algeria and Morocco are seen as the most strategic countries in the Maghreb from a geopolitical perspective. Although Tunisia may not carry similar importance in this regard, it still embodies an outstanding experience in women’s rights in the region. The second reason behind this choice lies simply in the access to and availability of academic resources concerning these countries, given that I myself originate from the region and that the inclusion of other countries would simply be an impossible academic task from a time and resource perspective.
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Defence date: 12 June 2006
Examining board: Prof. Jacques Ziller (Supervisor, European University Institute) ; Prof. Marie-Ange Moreau (European University Institute) ; Prof. Patrick Glenn (Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal) ; Prof. Teresa Freixes (Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona)
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Examining board: Prof. Jacques Ziller (Supervisor, European University Institute) ; Prof. Marie-Ange Moreau (European University Institute) ; Prof. Patrick Glenn (Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal) ; Prof. Teresa Freixes (Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona)
PDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digitised archive of EUI PhD theses completed between 2013 and 2017