I'm working on a book about controversial gender practices like veiling and polygyny, which people often assume clash with women rights. Culture and Women's Rights Don't Clash explains why this assumption is mistaken. Women don't have to choose between their cultural and religious rights and their right to equality. Instead, common ground is always possible and is associated with positive outcomes for women, their communities, and for human rights more broadly.
I hope this book will help people to recognize that these rights are compatible and that all women are entitled to all their rights.
I hope this book will help people to recognize that these rights are compatible and that all women are entitled to all their rights.
Dr. Denise M. Walsh, Ph.D. New School for Social Research
Associate Professor, University of Virginia
Departments of Politics and Women, Gender & Sexuality
Associate Editor of the American Political Science Review
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