Progress Amid Resistance

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706http://www.rowmanlittlefield.comEstover Road, Plymouth PL6 7PY, United KingdomCopyright © 2010 by Freedom HouseAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by anyelectronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems,without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quotepassages in a review.British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information AvailableLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataWomen’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa progress amid resistance / SanjaKelly, Julia Breslin, editors.—2010 ed.p. cm.ISBN 978-1-4422-0395-2 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-1-4422-0396-9 (pbk. : alk.paper)— ISBN 978-1-4422-0397-6 (electronic)1. Women’s rights—Middle East. 2. Women’s rights—Africa, North. I. Kelly, Sanja.II. Breslin, Julia, 1980-HQ1236.5.M65W66 2010305.4209172'4—dc222010014925 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of AmericanNational Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed LibraryMaterials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992.Printed in the United States of America