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12 of the Best Books and Articles on: Women in Afghanistan

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1.

Women of the Afghan War » Read Now
by Deborah Ellis. 241 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This book is an account of the Afghan War and its tragic aftermath as told by the women who were caught up in it and became its innocent victims. The voices in this oral history will provide personal snapshots to the news reports of the Taliban activities now coming out of Afghanistan. These...
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This book is an account of the Afghan War and its tragic aftermath as told by the women who were caught up in it and became its innocent victims. The voices in this oral history will provide personal snapshots to the news reports of the Taliban activities now coming out of Afghanistan. These accounts provide an historical background to the growth of the Taliban, and reveal circumstances of the daily life of the women who must survive in this very closed society.
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With All Our Strength: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan » Read Now
by Anne E. Brodsky. 318 pgs.

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The members of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) have risked life and limb daily to help their tortured sisters in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 1977. Anne Brodsky, the first writer given in-depth access to visit and interview their members and operations in...
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The members of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) have risked life and limb daily to help their tortured sisters in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 1977. Anne Brodsky, the first writer given in-depth access to visit and interview their members and operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, shines light on the gruesome, often tragic, lives of Afghan women under some of the most brutal sexist oppression in the world. An impassioned, riveting account of RAWA's 26 year struggle to build empowerment, hope and resistance among the girls and women of Afghanistan, With All Our Strength is a paean to the resilience of Afghan women and a model for women's rights organizations around the world.
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Repression, Resistance and Women in Afghanistan » Read Now
by Hafizullah Emadi. 185 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Afghan women have faced an exhaustive struggle in the battle to change their status and improve their situation. Emadi takes a long look at the role of development and modernization policies implemented by the state in the pre- and post-Soviet eras, under the Taliban, and beyond. He finds that such...
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Afghan women have faced an exhaustive struggle in the battle to change their status and improve their situation. Emadi takes a long look at the role of development and modernization policies implemented by the state in the pre- and post-Soviet eras, under the Taliban, and beyond. He finds that such policies have failed to bring about much- needed change and improvement for women. Modernization strategies benefited only a small segment of urban women and left the plight of rural women unchanged. Although a small segment of middle- and upper-class women organized themselves and fought to bring about changes in their status and to end gender inequality, their efforts alone did not meet with much success.
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The Darkest of Ages: Afghan Women under the Taliban, in Peace and Conflict » Read Now
by John J. Schulz, Linda Schulz. 18 pgs.

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...apprehend the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan under the Taliban...Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan (cited in "Kabuls Women", 1996)...
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Women and the New East (Part IV "Women in Afghanistan") » Read Now
by Ruth Frances Woodsmall. 438 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...IV. Women in Afghanistan 149...Pakistan and Afghanistan 183 V. Women in Indonesia...of the Role of Women in the Moslem East-- Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan...
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Promoting Economic Self-Reliance: A Case Study of Afghan Refugee Women in Pakistan, in Journal of International Affairs » Read Now
by Christina M. Schultz. 22 pgs.

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Restoring the Rights of Afghan Women, in Social Education » Read Now
by Nasrine Abou-Bakre Gross. 5 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...and radio stations in Afghanistan. And historically, Afghan women have worked in the...main hopes for the women of Afghanistan in the coming years? How...over, the...
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The Women of Afghanistan, in Social Education » Read Now
by Carol Tell. 5 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the main restrictions against women in Afghanistan fell into the following general...relativism, using the experience of women in Afghanistan as one example. Have...
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Afghan Women: Recovering, Rebuilding, in Ethics & International Affairs » Read Now
by Sima Wali. 5 pgs.

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Afghan Women Continue to Fend for Themselves, in Foreign Policy in Focus » Read Now
by Sonali Kolhatkar. 6 pgs.

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What Do Afghan Women Want?, in The American Prospect » Read Now
by Noy Thrupkaew. 4 pgs.

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Religion, Dress and the Body (Chap. 9 "The 'paarda' Expression of Hejaab among Afghan Women in a Non-Muslim Community") » Read Now
by Linda B. Arthur. 203 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Religions constrain the bodies of their members through dress. In many cases, dress immediately identifies a member of the community to the outside world and separates them from a society that members believe is threatened by evil forces. Dress identifies the wearer's community to other groups and...
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Religions constrain the bodies of their members through dress. In many cases, dress immediately identifies a member of the community to the outside world and separates them from a society that members believe is threatened by evil forces. Dress identifies the wearer's community to other groups and communities, and may also reflect one's status. Most interestingly, perhaps, dress is a measure of one's level of commitment to the community. While communities vary greatly in terms of what is permissible, strict conformity to internal codes invariably is interpreted as a sign of piety, whereas deviation implies at best self-indulgence and at worst contempt for community values. In order to control sexuality, women's bodies in particular are constrained in religious communities in terms of emotional expression, diet, and especially dress.This book investigates dress in American religious communities as a vital component of the social control of cultures, and also examines how people express themselves despite religious constraints. Gender issues feature prominently since the control of female sexuality within religious communities is a matter of vital concern to its members. Drawing on rich ethnographic case studies, this wide-ranging and interdisciplinary represents a major contribution to the study of both religion and dress.
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