This book addresses the gender dimension of inequality on the two shores of the Mediterranean. It approaches the matter in an interdisciplinary way, looking at culture, identity, religion, political economy, international relations and security. Originally published in a special issue of the Journal of the Balkans and Near Eastern Studies.

Leila Simona Talani is Professor of International Political Economy in the department of European and International Studies, King's College London, UK, since 2014. In 2017 she was awarded a visiting Professorship at the Kennedy School of Government of the University of Harvard, USA. She was also appointed as Jean Monnet Chair of European Political Economy by the European Commission in 2012.

Serena Giusti is Assistant Professor of International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy, where she coordinates the Research Group on Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia. She is a Senior Research Fellow, Eastern Europe and Russia Programme, at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) in Milan, Italy. She is member of the OSCE Reflection Group on European Security - Challenges at the Societal Level and of Women in International Security-Italy. She has extensively published (articles and volumes) on the accession of Central and Eastern European countries to the European Union (EU), on European security and defence policy, on the EU's neighbourhood policy.

Introduction: Women in the Mediterranean: Still Discriminated Against? Leila Simona Talani and Serena Giusti 1. Islamic Feminism(s) in the Mediterranean Area: a Hermeneutical Approach Barbara Henry 2. Gender, Identity and Belonging: New Citizenships beyond Orientalism Alessia Belli and Anna Loretoni 3. Women, Globalization and Civil Society in the MENA Area: Between Marginalization and Radicalization Leila Simona Talani 4. Gender Mainstreaming towards the Mediterranean: the Case of the ENP Serena Giusti 5. Representations of Gendered Mobility and the Tragic Border Regime in the Mediterranean Heidrun Friese 6. Back to Basics: Stateless Women and Children in Greece Mariangela Veikou 7. The Conflict between Education and Female Labour in Turkey: Understanding Turkey's Non-compliance with the U-shape Hypothesis Miray Erinc