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Birth control in context: A case study of urban Egyptian women
Contraceptive choices, as a reflection of agency, inform us about various ways individual women seek particular forms of empowerment, in light of socio-economic, affective, and gender-based constraints. Ultimately, this serves to challenge inflexible conceptualizations of the status of women by c...
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| description | Contraceptive choices, as a reflection of agency, inform us about various ways individual women seek particular forms of empowerment, in light of socio-economic, affective, and gender-based constraints. Ultimately, this serves to challenge inflexible conceptualizations of the status of women by calling into question the claim that patriarchy is unequivocally coercive and that women are inescapably disempowered and providing new avenues from where we may begin to rethink female agency and empowerment. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-1657 Birth control in context: A case study of urban Egyptian women Ezzat, Farida Contraceptive choices, as a reflection of agency, inform us about various ways individual women seek particular forms of empowerment, in light of socio-economic, affective, and gender-based constraints. Ultimately, this serves to challenge inflexible conceptualizations of the status of women by calling into question the claim that patriarchy is unequivocally coercive and that women are inescapably disempowered and providing new avenues from where we may begin to rethink female agency and empowerment. 2017-02-01T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/658 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1657/viewcontent/THESIS_20__20Farida_20Ezzat_20__20Final_20Draft.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Agency Empowerment |
| spellingShingle | Agency Empowerment Ezzat, Farida Birth control in context: A case study of urban Egyptian women |
| title | Birth control in context: A case study of urban Egyptian women |
| title_full | Birth control in context: A case study of urban Egyptian women |
| title_fullStr | Birth control in context: A case study of urban Egyptian women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Birth control in context: A case study of urban Egyptian women |
| title_short | Birth control in context: A case study of urban Egyptian women |
| title_sort | birth control in context a case study of urban egyptian women |
| topic | Agency Empowerment |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/658 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1657/viewcontent/THESIS_20__20Farida_20Ezzat_20__20Final_20Draft.pdf |
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