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This book explores the complexity of women´s social status in the Middle East and North African region and fills a gap in the existing literature by providing an up-to-date and comprehensive portrait of women´s status from a theoretical and socio-demographic perspective.

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PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The Path of Social and Economic Change According to the Modernization Theory Patriarchy, Modernization, and the Global Economy PART II: STATUS AND THE COMPONENT VARIABLES THAT INFLUENCE WOMEN´S ADVANCEMENT IN THE MENA REGION Women´s Status: The Question of Access to Resources and Women´s Empowerment Fertility Patterns, Trends, and Women´s Status Education and Status of Women Work: Definition& Patterns Labor Migration, Oil Revenue, and their Impact on Women´s Employment PART III: CONCLUSION, DISCUSSION, AND CASE STUDIES

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Elhum Haghighat-Sordellini is an associate professor of Sociology and Political Science and chair of the Political Science Department at Lehman College, The City University of New York.

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