02456nam 22004933u 450 991082293560332120240513054248.01-282-91253-497866129125351-4411-3625-8(CKB)2670000000059537(EBL)617176(OCoLC)693761491(MiAaPQ)EBC617176(EXLCZ)99267000000005953720130418d2010|||| u|| |engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMuslim Women of Power Gender, Politics and Culture in Islam1st ed.London Continuum International Publishing20101 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8264-0087-6 Contents; Maps, Images and Boxes; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements and Preface; Introduction: Five Women, Four Countries; 1 Women Leaders: The Debate; 2 Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan; 3 Khaleda Zia and Bangladesh; 4 Tansu Çiller and Turkey; 5 Sheikh Hasina and Bangladesh; 6 Megawati Sukarnoputri and Indonesia; Conclusion: Gender, Politics and Culture in Islam; References; IndexFive women have served as leaders of Muslim countries, namely Megawati Sukarnoputri (Vice President of Indonesia, 1991-2001 and President 2002-4), Benazir Bhutto (PM of Pakistan, 1988-90 and 1993-6), Sheikh Hasina (PM of Bangladesh, 1996-2001), Khaleda Zia (PM of Bangladesh, 1991-5 and 2001-6) and Tansu Çiller (PM of Turkey, 1993-6). This is an extraordinary record and somewhat of a challenge to the widespread perception that Muslim women are oppressed. Four of the women belonged to political families by birth or marriage, raising interesting questions about the extent to which this played a rMuslim women -- Case studiesWomen in Islam -- Case studiesWomen politicians -- Islamic countries -- Case studiesMuslim women -- Case studies.Women in Islam -- Case studies.Women politicians -- Islamic countries -- Case studies.320.417/67082Bennett Clinton106989AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910822935603321Muslim Women of Power4044604UNINA