Gender
Last updated: July 27, 2024
The best books on Women’s Empowerment, recommended by Zainab Salbi
Founder and CEO of Women for Women International Zainab Salbi says we need to make the 21st century the time for women’s rights, and describes how reading Rumi’s poems helps her to find inner peace
The best books on Gender Equality, recommended by Nicola Jones
The ODI research fellow discusses gender equality in the developing world and says that the authority to insist on safe sex and access to medical care is vital to establishing the most basic forms of gender equality
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Islam and Democracy
by Fatima Mernissi -
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Secular and Islamic Feminist Critiques in the Work of Fatima Mernissi
by Raja Rhouni -
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Inside the Gender Jihad
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Counter Legal Draft of the Compilation of Islamic Law
by Siti Musdah Mulia -
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Iranian Women’s One Million Signatures
by Noushin Khorasani
The best books on Islam and Feminism, recommended by Margot Badran
The best books on Islam and Feminism, recommended by Margot Badran
The historian and gender studies specialist Margot Badran has devoted her life’s work to the Muslim world. Here she explains what feminism means in the context of Islam and chooses five books that have been critical in its evolution.
The best books on Women and Islam, recommended by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
American Enterprise Institute and campaigner for women’s rights against militant Islam discusses five books ranging from the Koran to Hayek’s Constitution of Liberty
The best books on Men and Women, recommended by Satoshi Kanazawa
The differences between men and women are innate, argues the evolutionary psychologist, and men’s relative success in the workplace a reflection of desire rather than discrimination.
The best books on Boys and Toxic Masculinity, recommended by Sue Palmer
The child development expert Sue Palmer explains why modern life is making boys more sad, isolated and materialistic.
