Shamim Samani is a research fellow at the University of Western Australia and a lecturer at Curtin University, Australia. Dora Marinova is a professor of Sustainability at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, Australia.

• Introduction Part 1 Gender Policies and Economic Participation 1. Progressing in a Man’s World: Women’s Workforce Participation in Bangladesh 2. Gender Parity through the Saudi Vision 2030: Female Representation in English as a Foreign Language Textbooks 3. Cultural Assimilation Policies in Bulgaria and the Plight of Muslim Women 4. ‘Leaving No One Behind’: Analysing Contexts of Education and Economic Challenges for Muslim Women in Northern Nigeria 5. What Hides Behind the Scarf: Iranian Women’s Participation in the Economy Part 2 Negotiating the Workplace 6. Narratives of Empowerment: Female Domestic Workers in Karachi 7. Mediating between the Secular and the Religious: Strategies of Prominent Spanish Women of Moroccan Muslim Origins 8. Multilayered Workplace Discrimination Faced by Muslim Women in a Western Context 9. Being a Muslim Working Woman: Experiences of Australian Women of Pakistan Origin 10. A Quest for Balance: Analyzing Layers of Consciousness Beneath a Muslim Woman’s Career Decisions Part 3 Opportunities in the Global Economy 11. Islamic Finance and Women-Focused Banking in Kenya 12. The Influence of Religion on the Empowerment and Economic Mobility of Smallholder Women Dairy Farmers in Nigeria 13. Education, Digital Enterprise and Islam in the Indonesian Modern Embedded Economy Conclusion Muslim Women in the Economy: Looking Towards the Future

Shamim Samani is a research fellow at the University of Western Australia and a lecturer at Curtin University, Australia. Dora Marinova is a professor of Sustainability at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, Australia.

• Introduction Part 1 Gender Policies and Economic Participation 1. Progressing in a Man’s World: Women’s Workforce Participation in Bangladesh 2. Gender Parity through the Saudi Vision 2030: Female Representation in English as a Foreign Language Textbooks 3. Cultural Assimilation Policies in Bulgaria and the Plight of Muslim Women 4. ‘Leaving No One Behind’: Analysing Contexts of Education and Economic Challenges for Muslim Women in Northern Nigeria 5. What Hides Behind the Scarf: Iranian Women’s Participation in the Economy Part 2 Negotiating the Workplace 6. Narratives of Empowerment: Female Domestic Workers in Karachi 7. Mediating between the Secular and the Religious: Strategies of Prominent Spanish Women of Moroccan Muslim Origins 8. Multilayered Workplace Discrimination Faced by Muslim Women in a Western Context 9. Being a Muslim Working Woman: Experiences of Australian Women of Pakistan Origin 10. A Quest for Balance: Analyzing Layers of Consciousness Beneath a Muslim Woman’s Career Decisions Part 3 Opportunities in the Global Economy 11. Islamic Finance and Women-Focused Banking in Kenya 12. The Influence of Religion on the Empowerment and Economic Mobility of Smallholder Women Dairy Farmers in Nigeria 13. Education, Digital Enterprise and Islam in the Indonesian Modern Embedded Economy Conclusion Muslim Women in the Economy: Looking Towards the Future

Shamim Samani is a research fellow at the University of Western Australia and a lecturer at Curtin University, Australia. Dora Marinova is a professor of Sustainability at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute, Australia.

• Introduction Part 1 Gender Policies and Economic Participation 1. Progressing in a Man’s World: Women’s Workforce Participation in Bangladesh 2. Gender Parity through the Saudi Vision 2030: Female Representation in English as a Foreign Language Textbooks 3. Cultural Assimilation Policies in Bulgaria and the Plight of Muslim Women 4. ‘Leaving No One Behind’: Analysing Contexts of Education and Economic Challenges for Muslim Women in Northern Nigeria 5. What Hides Behind the Scarf: Iranian Women’s Participation in the Economy Part 2 Negotiating the Workplace 6. Narratives of Empowerment: Female Domestic Workers in Karachi 7. Mediating between the Secular and the Religious: Strategies of Prominent Spanish Women of Moroccan Muslim Origins 8. Multilayered Workplace Discrimination Faced by Muslim Women in a Western Context 9. Being a Muslim Working Woman: Experiences of Australian Women of Pakistan Origin 10. A Quest for Balance: Analyzing Layers of Consciousness Beneath a Muslim Woman’s Career Decisions Part 3 Opportunities in the Global Economy 11. Islamic Finance and Women-Focused Banking in Kenya 12. The Influence of Religion on the Empowerment and Economic Mobility of Smallholder Women Dairy Farmers in Nigeria 13. Education, Digital Enterprise and Islam in the Indonesian Modern Embedded Economy Conclusion Muslim Women in the Economy: Looking Towards the Future