Framing Women’s Rights and Intersectionality in the Gulf

In the past two decades, women’s rights have become one of the most urgent issues in Gulf societies and received much attention worldwide. Locally, women’s rights have often been discussed through the debate on “Feminism” without a clear conceptualization of what “feminism” really means in the Gulf context. This article deconstructs some of the concepts around “women’s rights in Gulf” and brings into the discussion the themes intersectionality, identity, and inclusion. The aim is to pose questions and to problematize some of the existing notions and debates on women's rights. This article intends to contribute to re-defining the scope of research on women in Gulf by outlining a new framework of addressing the topic through the lens of intersectionality.