Reformist Muslim Women Leaders in Kenya

28th March, 2011
4pm – 6pm
Boston University
GSU Women’s Resource Center

Rutgers University Professor and Author Ousseina Alidou’s current study explores the ways in which reformist Muslim women leaders engaged in the public negotiation of gender relations and other key issues in the early 21st century. It examines their agency and leadership achievements as transformative social change agents in critical social sectors (e.g., education, health, media, law and politics). This work analyzes their responses to the broad processes that globalization has brought to the local arena in Kenya, such as democratization, neo-liberalism, and globally-circulating ideologies (e.g., Islamism, human rights, gender equality).
Sponsored by the Boston University Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and African American Studies Programs.