A comparison of Women’s Rights in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia referenced against the United Nations human rights legislation and selected United Nations’ millennium development goals

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dc.contributor.advisorNakhid, Camille
dc.contributor.authorFyfe, Cecilia
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-10T01:28:53Z
dc.date.available2014-11-10T01:28:53Z
dc.date.copyright2013
dc.date.created2014
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.updated2014-11-10T01:11:52Z
dc.description.abstractThis research is a comparison of women‟s rights in the UAE and Saudi Arabia referenced against the United Nations Human Rights Legislation and certain United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The qualitative methodology employed was based on a review of secondary sources. This method, called Documentary Research or Secondary Analysis, is frequently used with other research methods in the Social Sciences. It is derived from the primary documents of formal studies, public documents, autobiographies and diaries, producing themes. This is quick low-cost research from frequently the Internet, and often the only method of accessing information from restricted societies (Sarantakos 1998). A brief over-view of women‟s rights world-wide is discussed, with a focus on New Zealand. A brief summary and recent history is provided of the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Cultural and social traditions including Islamic traditions in many aspects of daily life, religious tolerance, religious intolerance and punishments that might impact on women‟s rights are discussed. The impact of feminist movements in these two countries is also reviewed. Finally, there is a discussion on the way in which the UN Millennium Development Goals are working towards women‟s rights and empowerment in the face of these cultural and social traditions.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/7865
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectUAEen_NZ
dc.subjectSaudi Arabiaen_NZ
dc.titleA comparison of Women’s Rights in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia referenced against the United Nations human rights legislation and selected United Nations’ millennium development goalsen_NZ
dc.typeDissertation
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thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Dissertations
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts in Social Sciencesen_NZ
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