Greater numbers of women are entering workplaces in Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries. Structural … features of patriarchy are changing in Middle Eastern societies and workplaces, but women’s experiences of gendered segregation …, under-representation and exclusion raise questions around the feminist politics and ethics mobilized to respond to them …

The status of women's rights in Iran can appear contradictory at first glance – despite both high levels of education … and low birth rates, for example, participation of women in the work force or in parliament is amongst the lowest in the … world. In this summary of her chapter in the book Women's Movements in the Global Era – The Power of Local Feminisms …