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Female Autonomy, Education and the Hijab
A BSTRACT This essay discusses one of the motives behind the recent ban on the wearing of Muslim headscarves (hijab 1 ) in French schools: the belief that it assists the emancipation of Muslim girls from religious and patriarchal oppression. 2 The first section sets out a republican perfectionist case for the ban, based on Enlightenment assumptions about progressive secular rationalism, educati...
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Between 2001 and 2003 the London Health Commission undertook health impact assessments (HIAs) on a series of strategies developed by the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. The HIAs were rapid, each involving a literature review and a participant workshop. In all cases the reports made a series of recommendations that were given to the Mayor. The HIAs led to changes and ensured th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Material Culture
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1359-1835,1460-3586
DOI: 10.1177/1359183507078121