Empowerment of Women in Islam: An Introduction

Toseef Azid, Jennifer Ward-Batts and Toseef Azid

Chapter 1 in Economic Empowerment of Women in the Islamic World:Theory and Practice, 2020, pp 1-17 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: More than half a billion Muslim women are living in 45 Muslim majority countries and more than 30 countries have a significant Muslim minority population. “Muslim women aged between 15 to 64 make [up] about 8% of the world’s total population.” Muslim women and girls of all ages make up approximately 12% of the world’s 7.3 billion population as of 2015 (Enriquez, 2016). According to Pew Research Center projections, “Muslims are the fastest-growing religious group in the world” (Lipka, 2017). Due to their sheer number, it is obvious that Muslim women can play a significant role in the development of their economies and societies…

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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