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Predicaments of Unmarried Career Women

In: Women Entrepreneurs and Business Empowerment in Muslim Countries

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  • Minako Sakai

    (The University of New South Wales)

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This chapter focuses on unmarried Muslim career women in Indonesia and other Muslim-dominant countries. Some are turning to Muslim match-making or are lured into considering polygamy. It highlights that a professional career path for Muslim women based on education and work opportunities alone has not altered the necessity to become a wife and mother to fulfil the expectations around gender roles in Islam. Being married and raising a family remain a higher priority than establishing a professional career. This chapter draws on media studies and narratives of Muslim women, showing that unmarried women are struggling to be socially and religiously accepted in society. Individualistic career choices do not guarantee the subjective wellbeing of educated Muslim women.

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  • Minako Sakai, 2022. "Predicaments of Unmarried Career Women," Gender, Development and Social Change, in: Women Entrepreneurs and Business Empowerment in Muslim Countries, chapter 0, pages 131-168, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:gdechp:978-3-031-05954-4_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05954-4_4
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