Muslim Women in the Economy : Development, Faith and Globalisation (Hardcover)

Introduction Changing Prospects for Muslim Women in the Global Economy Shamim Samani and Dora Marinova Part 1 Gender Policies and Economic Participation Chapter 1 Progressing in a Man’s World: Women’s Workforce Participation in Bangladesh Shagufta M. Trishna, Amzad Hossain and Dora Marinova Chapter 2 Gender Parity through the Saudi Vision 2030: Female Representation in English as a Foreign Language Textbooks Abeer Saeed Alshahrani, Shamim Samani and Dora Marinova Chapter 3 Cultural Assimilation Policies in Bulgaria and the Plight of Muslim women Silvia Lozeva, Dora Marinova, Shamim Samani, Kaloyan Tsvetov, and Georgi Bardarov Chapter 4 ‘Leaving no one behind’: Analysing contexts of education and economic challengesfor Muslim women in Northern Nigeria Jesudunsin Osinaike and Shamim Samani Chapter 5 What Hides Behind the Scarf: Iranian Women’s Participation in the Economy Zahra Amrollahi and Dora Marinova Part 2 Negotiating the Workplace Chapter 6 Narratives of Empowerment: Female Domestic Workers in Karachi Zehra Goawala Chapter 7 Mediating between the Secular and the Religious: Strategies of Prominent Spanish Women of Moroccan Muslim Origins Dina Bousselham and Juan Ignacio Castien Maestro Chapter 8 Multilayered Workplace Discrimination Faced by Muslim Women in a Western Context Derya Iner and Amina Baghdadi Chapter 9 Being a Muslim Working Woman: Experiences of Australian Women of Pakistan Origin Samina Yasmeen Chapter 10 A Quest for Balance: Analyzing Layers of Consciousness Beneath a Muslim Woman’s Career Decisions Aminah Mah Part 3 Opportunities in the Global Economy Chapter 11 Islamic Finance and Women-Focused Banking in Kenya Shamim Samani Chapter 12 The Influence of Religion on the Empowerment and Economic Mobility of Smallholder Women Dairy Farmers in Nigeria Nathalie Gogue Ebo, Ifeoma Umunna and Jesudunsin Osinaike Chapter 13 Education, Digital Enterprise and Islam in the Indonesian Modern Embedded Economy Minako Sakai and Bhirawa Anoraga Conclusion Muslim Women in the Economy: Looking Towards the Future Shamim Samani and Dora Marinova Index