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... SARAH S. WILLEN  55 BIRTHING “INVISIBLE” CHILDREN: STATE POWER, NGO ACTIVISM, AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AMONG “ILLEGAL MIGRANT” WORKERS IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL SARAH S. WILLEN...

...Hande Eslen-Ziya; Nazlı Kazanoğlu Abstract This article attempts to show how government-supported women’s NGOs (GO-NGOs) in Turkey actively contribute to the construction of neoliberal, conservative, antigender discourses of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government. Since the second...

...Sunny Daly Uncertainties and ambiguities are evident in discourses of contemporary women’s activisms in Egypt, as are anxieties about young women’s roles in them. In spite of a tendency to take the NGO for granted as the site of activism in Egypt, this article highlights the activities of young...

... examine just a few of the many sites where “Muslim women’s rights” are differentially in play: in Egyptian and Palestinian women’s NGOs as well as in rural villages where ordinary women and girls live their lives at the intersection of national media and local institutions. Lila Abu-Lughod is Joseph...

...Fatima Sadiqi Copyright © 2016 by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2016 Amazigh feminist nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) emerged in the new century. They address, among other matters, language, identity, and “ruralness” issues that were sidelined by the mainstream...

... of women through the formation of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Th e result was a small degree of freedom in the women’s discussions of their rights/concerns and how best to service them, coupled with the increased politicization of women’s agendas in the new larger struggle between Arab...

... for NGOs in Pakistan, Egypt, and the Netherlands, where she conducted fieldwork and legal research on women’s human rights issues. She has volunteered as a prostitute outreach worker and a translator in political asylum proceedings in New York City and as a sexual assault crisis counsellor in Philadelphia...

..., is the ultimate vic- tim, the best victim. (Philippe, French NGO worker)1 Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies Vol. 8, No. 2 (Spring 2012) © 2012 26 rania kassab sweis...

... Day. Because of the heavy security at the entrance of the hall and the limited capacity of the auditorium, at- tendance was restricted to high officials in the KRG, the heads of certain NGOs, guests of the KNC, and dignitaries. I attended the conference as a doctoral candidate at the Ontario...

...Reem Awny Abuzaid Copyright © 2019 by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2019 In 2013 a Cairo court sentenced forty-two employees, seventeen of them Americans, from several international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including Freedom House and the Konrad Adenauer...

...: Crossing the Palestine/Israel Border with Gloria Anzaldúa.” Lavie has served in several feminist and anti-racist social movements and NGOs. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley. Copyright © 2011 Association for Middle East Women’s Studies 2011 56  mn...

... and secretaries of the various Kurdish parties from Eastern and Western Kurdistan, NGOs, intellectuals, and personalities from all over the world. Conference participants discussed a variety of subjects relating to the numerous obstacles to advancement faced by Kurdish women. All participants...

... to escalations of state and social violence and ongoing conflict and transition. Our work on sexual violence in public spaces leaves us with the following dilemma: Are the services we provide to women and survivors helping to build a vibrant feminist movement or creating codependent NGO relationships...

..., No. 3 (Fall 2009) © 2009 183 184 ./ JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EAST WOMEN’S STUDIES 5:3 Shahrzad Mojab’s keynote address, “Re-centering Imperialism in Feminist Th eorization of War, Reconstruction, and Women’s NGOs,” explored the ways in which Western...

... continuity and con- stant dialectic interaction with coexisting democratic and powerful politi- cal actors, such as the monarchs, political parties, human rights NGOs, youth NGOs, and international NGOs and governments. The most spec- tacular impact of the Moroccan feminist movement resides in its...

... Victoria , and Grewal Inderpal , eds. 2014 . Theorizing NGOs: States, Feminisms, and Neoliberalism . Durham, NC : Duke University Press . Bornstein Erica , and Sharma Aradhana . 2016 . “ The Righteous and the Rightful: The Technomoral Politics of NGOs, Social Movements...

... positionality and target spaces, such as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) outside Beirut, student clubs from various universities, and migrant activist groups like the Anti-Racism Movement. Student groups put up stands to rally attendees for the march and discuss why people would attend. The Feminist...

... economy and of globalization appear mixed. Women seem to be losing jobs in some areas but gaining them in oth- ers. There has been an informalization of work, but in some cases women’s access to salaried work may be increasing, and involvement in NGOs is in- creasing. In addition, social policies...

... since its creation in 2000 and, in 2003, designed and expanded it into a regional program. Prior to joining Global Rights, Bordat worked for NGOs in Pakistan, Egypt, and the Netherlands, where she conducted fieldwork and legal research on women’s human rights issues. She has volunteered...

... as someone who “can deliver,” an expression repeated by several interviewees (e.g., Moushira Khattab, pers. comm., August 25, 2020 ; Naela Gabr, pers. comm., August 13, 2020 ), and who “knew to move things forward” (Mona Ragab, per. comm., November 5, 2020 ). Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs...