International Viewpoint Archive

The Fourth International’s English-language review, from 1982

Algeria: Algerian Women's Movement Fights Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism

International Viewpoint No. 182, 9 April 1990 · p 21 · 63 words

Africa Women's liberation

In the coming years the women's movement will be a test of all the problems of Algerian society. In posing their problems regarding work, women are raising the problem of unemployment, which is a menace to all Algerians. The same is true of housing, purchasing power and so on. The womens' movement is, above all, one of the main forces fighting fundamentalism. *

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