Download or read book Gender and Violence in the Middle East written by Moha Ennaji and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2011-04-22 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conceptualization and theoretical background -- Feminist anthropological perspectives on violence -- Armed conflict and gender-based violence -- Counter-narratives of Palestinian women : the construction of her-story and the politics of fear -- Gender, youth and institutional support in the occupied Palestinian territories -- Impact of armed conflict on gender roles in Lebanon -- Politics, war, and violence against women in Iraq and Afghanistan -- War and gender in Bathist Iraq -- Violence against Afghan women : tradition, religion, conflict, and war -- Religious and social violence against women -- Religious-based violence against women, and feminist responses : Iran, Afghanistan, and Algeria -- Strategy in the battles over her : Islamism and secularism -- Violence during pregnancy in Jordan : its prevalence and associated risk and protective factors -- Gender-based discrimination and legal reform -- Legal reforms on violence against women in Turkey : best practices -- Violence against women in Morocco : advances, contentions, and strategies to combat it -- Language, sexual harassment and media -- Gendered language use, hierarchization of linguistic space and state building -- Dismantling the discourses of war : Palestinian women filmmakers address violence.