William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Article Title
Improving Education Through Devotion: A Religious Solution to Eastern Turkey's Gender Gap
Abstract
Turkey has much room for improvement regarding women’s education opportunities—particularly in eastern Anatolia. Despite the Turkish Republic’s outward secular appearance, Islamic law plays an increasingly important role in society. A potential solution to the government’s sluggish progress on gender equality may lie in the utilization of their religious directorate (Diyanet). The Diyanet could issue fatwas sympathetic to women’s rights, which may more effectively reach the conservative eastern Turkish population.
Repository Citation
Joshua E. Thomas, Improving Education Through Devotion: A Religious Solution to Eastern Turkey's Gender Gap, 24 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L. 665 (2018), https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmjowl/vol24/iss3/9Included in
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