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Rethinking Muslim women’s equal rights: faith, property and empowerment [PDF]

, 2015
The pursuit of gender equality and women’s empowerment, especially in parts of the Arab and Muslim world, struggles in the face of several conundrums.
Sait, M. Siraj
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Concept of Culture Relativism and Women’s Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2019
This article discusses the challenges of the realization of women’s rights in relation to the concept of culture relativism in sub-Saharan Africa. It examines how the concept of culture is misconstrued with a traditional hierarchy and patriarchy approach
N. Msuya
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The effect of internet embeddedness on women’s non-farm employment under the power perception perspective: evidence from rural China

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionFemale empowerment can promote gender equality and realize women’s comprehensive development, while the Internet has opened up an effective channel for female empowerment.MethodsGiven the relative lack of women’s rights in rural China and the
Song Yu, Lulu Yang, Shimei Yang, Lianjun Li   +3 more
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Western Mimicry or Cultural Hybridity

American Journal of Islam and Society, 2002
Qasim Amin ( 1865-1908) remains one of Egypt's most contro­versial figures in the early modem women's rights movement. His use of Orientalist arguments to support the advancement of women's rights and to reform veiling was inflammatory to Egyptians ...
Nergis Mazid
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Guardian Council Analysis on Women's Privileged Rights on Alimony [PDF]

فقه و حقوق خانواده, 2013
Women's rights alimony as preferred creditor is highlighted in Iranian civil law. In other words women's right on maintenance is given priority over other debts, meaning the wife's claim takes priority over all other debts.
abbas mirshekari
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Clashes, collaborations and convergences: evolving relations of Turkish and Kurdish women’s rights activists

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2018
This article discusses the various ways the Kurdish women’s movement has impacted feminism in the Turkish context. Against the background of the problematic historical relationship between Turkish and Kurdish women’s rights activists, the article ...
Nadje Al-Ali, L. Taṣ
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Integrated genomic and proteomic profiling reveals insights into chemoradiation resistance in cervical cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
A comprehensive genomic and proteomic analysis of cervical cancer revealed STK11 and STX3 as a potential biomarkers of chemoradiation resistance. Our study demonstrated EGFR as a therapeutic target, paving the way for precision strategies to overcome treatment failure and the DNA repair pathway as a critical mechanism of resistance.
Janani Sambath, Irene A. George, Srikanth S. Manda, Prasanth Ariyannur, Ekta R. Dhawale, Raja Sekhar Kommu, Rajan Datar, Darshana Patil, Vinita Trivedi, Manisha Singh, Kumar Prabhash, Sewanti Limaye, Richa Chauhan, Prashant Kumar   +13 more
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Building a rights-based approach to nutrition for women and children: harnessing the potential of women’s groups and rights-based organizations in South Asia

Frontiers in Public Health
Women face numerous gender-based barriers that hinder their access to resources, nutritious foods, nutrition services, and maternity entitlements. Evidence shows that certain types of women’s groups can improve women’s access to resources and social ...
Monica Shrivastav, Vani Sethi, Avishek Hazra, Zivai Murira, Roopal Jyoti Singh, Krishna Wagh, Anuradha Nair, Veronica Kamanga Njikho, Sapna Desai   +8 more
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Tumor and germline testing with next generation sequencing in epithelial ovarian cancer: a prospective paired comparison using an 18‐gene panel

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Genetic testing in epithelial ovarian cancer includes both germline and tumor‐testing. This approach often duplicates resources. The current prospective study assessed the feasibility of tumor‐first multigene testing by comparing tumor tissue with germline testing of peripheral blood using an 18‐gene NGS panel in 106 patients.
Elisabeth Spenard, Cristina Mitric, Melanie Care, Tracy L. Stockley, Raymond H. Kim, Jeanna McCuaig, Blaise Clarke, Laura Ranich, Clare Sheen, Sarah E. Ferguson, Liat Hogen, Taymaa May, Marcus Q. Bernardini   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Islamic doctrine and women's economic rights: implications of an ambiguous relationship for state policy in the Muslim world

Politics and Religion
Islam provides counteracting rules on women's economic rights. In order to understand the effect of the opposing rules in Islamic doctrine on women's economic rights at the state level, I test the relationship, along with a set of competing hypotheses ...
Fatima Z. Rahman
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