Women's Education in the Muslim World

McClendon, David; Hackett, Conrad; Potančoková, Michaela; Stonawski, Marcin; Skirbekk, Vegard

doi:10.1111/padr.12142

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“…Likewise, Bangladesh shows a sharp increase after 2010. These findings are consistent with Mcclendon et al (2018), who stated that Muslim women had better level of educational achievements and enhancements in richer countries than poorer countries (Mcclendon et al, 2018). Although all countries are showing growth in women's education, MENA and Pakistan are showing a steady growth.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…The growth percentage in women's education in the highlighted countries can be found in Appendix A. the growth of women's education is also recorded and proven in past studies. For example, despite the strict dress code for women and lack of mobility in Gulf countries such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia, young women's enrolment is sharply increasing in colleges (Gorney, 2016;Paschyn, 2014), Muslim women's education levels have increased on the whole in the Middle East and North Africa (Mcclendon et al, 2018). Furthermore, young women are more educated than men in the Gulf countries, yet they are not actively participating in the context of national politics (Mcclendon et al, 2018).…”

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Women’s Participation in Education and Politics: Evidence from the Selected OIC Countries

Haque¹,

Chowdhury²,

Ahmad³

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In this twenty-first century, it is crystal clear that education is the most powerful instrument for a nation's progress and prosperity. Islam has also emphasized on educating both men and women since the beginning. So, Muslim countries should take initiatives to enhance participation of women in education. In reality, it is seen that women's positions in the field of education and politics are very nominal compared to their male counterparts within Muslim countries. Situation is even worse in underdeveloped and non-democratic countries where the position of women and their participation in both the education and political sectors alongside men are visibly low. In this context, the purpose of this study is to explore the level of Muslim women's participation in education and politics in some selected Muslim countries. Two South-Asian countries, Bangladesh and Pakistan, two southeast Asian countries, Malaysia and Indonesia, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries have been considered for this study. Thus, empowered women can take part in politics to resolve social issues. One of the findings of this study is that in democratic countries such as; Malaysia, Indonesia, and Bangladesh, women's participation in both the educational and political sectors have been significantly improving over the years. Though economic conditions and social stigma, directly and indirectly, are still the barriers to enhance women's education level as well as their participation in politics. Finally, the study highlights the obstacles that hinder women's participation in both sectors and discusses the remedies to overcome the situation from an Islamic point of view.

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Women’s Participation in Education and Politics: Evidence from the Selected OIC Countries

Haque¹,

Chowdhury²,

Ahmad³

et al. 2020

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“…[18,19,21,62]). The number of school years for women increased markedly after 1970 in most regions, but increased less in Africa [63]. The decrease in TFR might also arise indirectly via school year correlations with improved economy, family planning (FP) programs, and media attention to FP, factors which may also lead to smaller families [64][65][66][67].…”

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“…The Arab States began implementing FP programs fairly recently, during the 1990's ( [81]; for exceptions, such as Tunisia and Morocco, see [39]). Effects of FP efforts may come in the future, unless religiosity hinders TFR decline ( [63], and references therein). As in Latin America, at high levels of religiosity (proportion > 0.9) there is large variation in school years, GDP, and CPR among the countries.…”

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Human fertility in relation to education, economy, religion, contraception, and family planning programs

2020

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Background: The world population is expected to increase greatly this century, aggravating current problems related to climate, health, food security, biodiversity, energy and other vital resources. Population growth depends strongly on total fertility rate (TFR), but the relative importance of factors that influence fertility needs more study. Methods: We analyze recent levels of fertility in relation to five factors: education (mean school years for females), economy (Gross Domestic Product, GDP, per capita), religiosity, contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR), and strength of family planning programs. We compare six global regions: E Europe, W Europe and related countries, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Arab States, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. In total, 141 countries are included in the analysis. We estimate the strength of relationships between TFR and the five factors by correlation or regression and present the results graphically. Results: In decreasing order of strength, fertility (TFR) correlates negatively with education, CPR, and GDP per capita, and positively with religiosity. Europe deviates from other regions in several ways, e.g. TFR increases with education and decreases with religiosity in W Europe. TFR decreases with increasing strength of family planning programs in three regions, but only weakly so in a fourth, Sub-Saharan Africa (the two European regions lacked such programs). Most factors correlated with TFR are also correlated with each other. In particular, education correlates positively with GDP per capita but negatively with religiosity, which is also negatively related to contraception and GDP per capita. Conclusions: These results help identify factors of likely importance for TFR in global regions and countries. More work is needed to establish causality and relative importance of the factors. Our novel quantitative analysis of TFR suggests that religiosity may counteract the ongoing decline of fertility in some regions and countries.

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“…Overall, women in the Middle East appear to face a transition period flanked by polar realities. On one hand, the number of women achieving post-secondary education in Arab countries is increasing dramatically, with particular achievements noted in the Gulf States where years of education are on par with Muslim women in the United States (Benard C, 2006;McClendon D et al, 2018). For instance, the U.A.E.…”

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confidence: 99%

International Partnerships for the Development of STEM and Medical Education of Middle Eastern Women

Wang

Hajjar

Cole

2019

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The development of a knowledge economy requires a nation to foster a robust foundation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The countries of the Arab world, including the oil-rich nations of the Gulf, have made great strides in this regard, though much remains to be done. This article examines the cultural barriers these nations face, such as a lack of educational access and post-graduation employment opportunities for women, as well as systematic obstacles, such as poor quality of STEM education. The article also examines international partnerships with foreign institutions as viable solutions for the Arab world, with the case of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar presented as a case study of a sustainable, mutually beneficial endeavor.

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Women's Education in the Muslim World

Cited by 17 publications

References 52 publications

Women’s Participation in Education and Politics: Evidence from the Selected OIC Countries

Women’s Participation in Education and Politics: Evidence from the Selected OIC Countries

Human fertility in relation to education, economy, religion, contraception, and family planning programs

International Partnerships for the Development of STEM and Medical Education of Middle Eastern Women

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