Dana Mustafa Sabbah. Due to the continuous belief in the centrality of marriage and family value in Arab countries, the noticeable increase in the average age of females' marriages in Jordan for the last years is starting to ring alarming bells. This is associated with the increasing numbers of the NMW and delayed marriages in more than women over the age of 30 years were reported by Aljazeera as still not married, Aljazeera News 26 Dec, This is compounded by a delay in the average age of marriage for females, which rose from 21 years in to 27 years in Department of Statistics-Jordan Using the lens of social exclusion, my paper investigates the lives of NMW whose ages ranged between 49; I ask how do never married women navigate social spaces, how do they define and claim rights in their daily interactions, and what challenges and opportunities do they face?
In my research I focus on middle to upper middle class women, who are characterized by a mix of conservatism and liberalism. My paper relays aspects of women's lived reality and describes the freedoms and restrictions experienced by single women living in urban spaces as factors shaping their wellbeing. I argue that changes in marriage and nuclear family constitute a vital part of gendered relations and wellbeing.
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Sabbah, D. Social inclusion or exclusion? AUC Knowledge Fountain. Sabbah, Dana Mustafa. American University in Cairo, Master's Thesis. Advanced Search. Privacy Copyright. Theses and Dissertations. Author Dana Mustafa Sabbah. Abstract Due to the continuous belief in the centrality of marriage and family value in Arab countries, the noticeable increase in the average age of females' marriages in Jordan for the last years is starting to ring alarming bells. Graduation Date Submission Date September First Advisor Sholkamy, Hania.
