Description
The evolving status of women in Moroccan society has drawn much attention in recent years, particularly in the legal realm. Less noticed, but no less crucial, has been the accelerated entrance of Moroccan women into the workforce in recent decades. The myriad reasons for, and implications of this phenomenon are addressed by this study. By drawing upon, and synthesizing for the first time a wide range of anthropological, sociological, historical and economic sources and data, this study fills an important lacuna in the literature.
Table of Contents
Preface
PART I - Tradition, Colonialism, and Nationalism
Introduction
Chapter l: Moroccan Family Structure: Religion, Paternalism, and Women
Chapter 2: Colonialism and its Immediate Aftermath
PART II - Education, Economy, and Law—Women Go to Work
Chapter 3: Educational Pclicy and Female Literacy
Chapter 4: Economic Changes Draw Women into the Labor Force
Chapter 5: Laws, Social Movements, and Women’s Labor
PART III - Where Women Work and Why
Chapter 6: Rural Women at Work
Chapter 7: Urban Women
PART IV - The Impact of Women in The Moroccan Workforce
Chapter 8: On Society
Chapter 9: On Law
Chapter 10: On Family Life and Gender Relations
Chapter 11: On Demographics and Family Planning
Conclusion
Works Cited
May 2007