Research Library

Fellow A.Kadir Yildirum and scholar Abdullah Aydogan present the findings of an online survey experiment that aimed to measure whether the democratization of Tunisia has influenced public support for democracy in other Arab countries. London School of Economics and Political Science: http://bit.ly/2TlLTFp

The authors examine new legislation in Tunisia aimed at increasing protections for women, such as repealing the country’s “marry-your-rapist” law as well as criminalizing marital rape and domestic violence.

What is empowerment? How can women across the MENA region become empowered? Is it possible for Western-born concepts — such as female empowerment — to travel across complex contexts and patriarchal/male-dominated cultures? While agreeing on a definition for female empowerment has proved to be a challenging task among scholars and policy practitioners, working out a universal framework that is applicable to different settings has proven to be an even more daunting task.