Is Press Freedom an Effective Tool to Empower Women? Empirical Evidence from Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Countries

Muhammad Majeed and Toseef Azid

Chapter 12 in Economic Empowerment of Women in the Islamic World:Theory and Practice, 2020, pp 243-264 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Feminists are concerned about the role of media in protecting rights of women. The available empirical studies are largely based on narrow case studies or anecdotal stories. This study empirically investigates the relationship of press freedom with women empowerment using a panel data of 52 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries from 1996 to 2011. Ordered Logit method is applied to estimate the empirical model. The empirical findings show that press freedom is an effective tool to empower women. The role of press freedom matters more for political rights of women. Women are becoming more politically strong in all regions of the Muslim world. However, social empowerment of women is weak across the OIC countries. A comparative regional analysis indicates that women rights in Middle East and North African countries are rather weak.

Keywords: Islam; Gender Studies; Women Studies; Quran; Sunnah; Female Empowerment; Shariah; Prophet Muhammad; Business in Islam; Patriarchal Fundamentalism; Secular Feminism; Women's Rights; Human Rights; Aceh; Gender Empowerment Measure; Globalization; Press Freedom; Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; Education; Arab World; Nanofinance; Microfinance; Labour; Ottoman Empire; Iran; Waqaf; Waqf; Malaysia; Pakistan; Singapore; Dual-Income Households; Bangladesh; Food Security; Human Capital; Saudi Arabia; Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 J16 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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