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Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations matching the above criteria.
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1. Women's Human Rights and Islam : a Study of Three Attempts at Accommodation
Abstract : The dissertation focuses on interpretations of Islam that claim compatibility with international human rights norms in the context of women’s rights. These interpretations are seen as parts of an on-going contemporary international debate on women’s human rights and Islam that engages Muslims as well as non-Muslims. READ MORE
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2. Tradition as Resource : Transnational Somali Women Traders Facing the Realities of Civil War
Abstract : This dissertation is an analysis of interviews with and observations among transnational Somali women traders, located in Somaliland (northwest Somalia) and Dubai. Since the outbreak of the Somali civil war an increasing number of women have become the sole providers of their families. READ MORE
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3. Rural Women in Bangladesh : The Legal Status of Women and the Relationship between NGOs and Religious Groups
Abstract : Bangladesh is one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. In spite of political turmoil, frequent natural disasters and widespread corruption it has, in less than four decades after its birth as an independent state, gained visible success in human development - especially the education of women and girls, family planning and health, and microcredit to the poor. READ MORE
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4. Renewal and Heritage : The Quest for Authenticity in Hasan Hanafi's Islamic Ideology
Abstract : This study presents and analyses a contemporary interpretation of Islam by the Egyptian thinker Hasan Hanafi. His ideas are analysed in a perspective of the history of ideas where both Islamic and Western influences are taken into consideration. READ MORE
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5. Women's human rights and Islam : A Study of Three Attempts at Accommodation
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