Game changers: Kurdish women in peace and war

Ofra Bengio

doi:10.1353/mej.2016.0009

Game changers: Kurdish women in peace and war

Ofra Bengio^*

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Department of Middle Eastern and African History

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This article argues that Kurdish society historically enabled the rise of charismatic women. More recently, upheavals brought by the so-called Arab Spring have acted as a catalyst for Kurdish women to improve their social standing. Along with gains made by Kurds in creating new autonomous spaces, the advancement of Kurdish women constitutes a “double revolution” that shows the feminist and nationalist agendas can be complementary, and not in conflict as they have for the greater part of modern history.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	30-46
Number of pages	17
Journal	MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL
Volume	70
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/mej.2016.0009
State	Published - 1 Dec 2016

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