Power, secularism and divorce: women’s rights in Egypt and Iran

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Abraham and the Secular

“…In my earlier work (Cooke 2019), these secular typologies emerged in relation to colonial engagements in these states. Internal secularism emerged in Iran following the successful 1921 coup d'état lead by Reza Khan against the Majlis during the first constitutional period, with the Cossack Brigade remaining closely aligned with the monarchy as a military source.…”

“…This could be due to concerns surrounding a less vulnerable Iran, thereby reducing the potential for British control within the state. Consequently, this speaks to 'secular' as the result of state modernisation enabling greater power to be gathered (Cooke 2019). Moreover, it illustrates why external secularism was not present in Iran, particularly as a result of British involvement.…”

Cultura y movilización social contra la violencia sexual a través de Twitter: el caso del fallo judicial "#LaManada" en España

“…En el mundo actual, el éxito de cualquier movimiento global, incluido el feminismo, debe entenderse como una interacción entre lo global y lo local, entre redes sociales virtuales y procesos de interacción individual y grupal (Cole, 2015;Baer, 2016;Caldevilla, Rodríguez y Barrientos, 2019;Caldevilla y García, 2020). Los movimientos feministas vienen mapeando su trayectoria activista en un contexto general de transformación de las formas de protesta pública y esfuerzos de diferentes grupos y colectivos para lograr una mayor visibilidad (Bernárdez & Serrano, 2018;Cooke, 2019;Hatch, 2019;Kamenou, 2019;Savory, 2019;Soysa y Zipp, 2019).…”