Frau und Familie in der Arabischen Welt
Es sind vor allem die Familien, behauptet die ägyptische Journalistin Mona Eltahawy, die in der Arabischen Welt der Frau den Aufstieg verwehren, weswegen staatliche Förderungsprogramme wenig nützen. Frau Eltahawy war zu Gast bei einer Konferenz, die sich mit der Frauenfrage in der Arabischen Welt beschäftigte, und sieht ihre eigenen Recherchen durch eine Umfrage aus dem Publikum gestützt. Demnach waren 78% waren der Ansicht, dass die Ursache für die Situation der arabischen Frauen in den Familien zu suchen ist:
How long will the Arab world continue to infantilize half of its population, at the expense not just of their mental and emotional well being but at the cost of its gross domestic product too? As countless studies have shown – the UN’s Arab Human Development Report being just one of many – Arab countries consistently miss the development train because half of their populations remain either illiterate or are held back by the social and traditional factors our conference audience complained about.
Und damit kommen wir zu dem gern geäusserten Vorwurf, der Westen sei an allem schuld (Hervorhebungen von mir, MK):
More distressing than listening to my debate opponents make arguments that I’m sure they didn’t agree with was to hear some participants lose sight of our discussion and focus instead on the West and what they claimed was its miserable lack of family cohesion. It was classic defend-by-attack mode. And it perfectly wastes our time. Distracting arguments about the West trying to corrupt our societies under the guise of women’s rights are more insulting to Arab societies than they are to the West. And surely we can take pride in our culture without putting down someone else’s?
(…) Denial will never win the head butting contest with reality. What is gained by pretending that despite all evidence to the contrary, the constraints Arab families place on women are not so bad because they save us from whatever disasters women’s rights have visited upon the West? Arab women suffer depression because of those constraints. Our economies lag behind most regions in the world. And what is gained? The ability to point to women and their miserable status as proof that we are “good” Muslims and Arabs?
Bravo!
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Siehe auch:
• Arabische Frauenpower, 20. Dezember 2006,
• Einsicht, 29. November 2006,
• Balkan-Familie, 18. September 2006,
• Die heile islamische Familie…, 26. Mai 2006,
• Namus, 25. April 2006,
• Bahreinische Studie über häusliche Gewalt, 21. März 2006,
• Starke Frauen für die Welt, 13. Oktober 2005,
• Saudische Frauenbewegung, 13. Juli 2005.
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