Gender and religion : the status of women in the Muslim world

This chapter underlines the association between gender and religion. The main focus here is given to the market employment of women in the Islamic context. The chapter starts with a literature review highlighting the status of Muslim women from a socio-economic and demographic perspective. Then, it contrasts two major approaches explaining gender outcomes in the Islamic context. Finally, using the major results of a quantitative analaysis, this chapter provides empirical evidence to examine the association between religion and gender in the Muslim world.