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Repression, Resistance, and Women in Afghanistan

Book by Hafizullah Emadi; Praeger, 2002

Subjects:

Patriarchy--Afghanistan, Women In Development--Afghanistan--History--20th Century, Women In Islam--Afghanistan, Women--Afghanistan--History--20th Century, Women--Afghanistan--Political Activity--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...91-92 , 94 , 96 , 106 . See also Afghanistan Women Council; Khalq; Khalq Organization of Afghanistan Women; New Democratic Organization...Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan political organizations, Shiite...
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With All Our Strength: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan

Book by Anne E. Brodsky; Routledge, 2003

Subjects:

Revolutionary Association Of The Women Of Afghanistan--History, Women In Politics--Afghanistan, Women--Afghanistan--Social Conditions

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...progressive movement of women in Afghanistan, and it was my desire...the life of women in Afghanistan. Women are deprived...want men to oppress women in society, the womens...I dont think that in Afghanistan a struggle like RAWAs...
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Nation-Building Unraveled? Aid, Peace and Justice in Afghanistan

Book by Antonio Donini, Norah Niland, Karin Wermester; Kumarian Press, 2004

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Politics And Government--2001-, Human Rights--Afghanistan, Humanitarian Assistance--Afghanistan, International Relief--Afghanistan

Collections: History, Entire Library

...history, art, and archeology of Afghanistan. Dupree has dedicated a lifetime...tural heritage. She runs the Afghanistan Resource and Information Cen...comprehensive resource center on Afghanistan. AFGHAN WOMEN-A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE...
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The Opium Economy in Afghanistan: An International Problem

Book by Office on Drugs and Crime; United Nations, 2003

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Opium Trade--Afghanistan

Collections: Entire Library

...opium economy to develop in Afghanistan: the long term failure of...produced with cheap labour (women and children) The first...in Logar Province, eastern Afghanistan), can be harvested several...work in eastern and northern Afghanistan, both women and children...
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Afghanistan Venture

Book by Paul S. Jones; Naylor Co., 1956

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Description And Travel, Reclamation Of Land--Afghanistan

Collections: History, Entire Library

...governing marriage relations in Afghanistan: Respect women, for God is...Take in marriage of such other women as please you -- two, three...have the pre-eminence above women, because of the advantages...from carnal knowledge of any women except their wives, or the...but whosoever coveteth any woman beyond these, they are transgressors...

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Journal Articles on: afghanistan women

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Reconstruction in Post-taliban Afghanistan: Women and Education

Journal article by Hayat Alvi; Resources for Feminist Research, Vol. 30, 2003

Subjects:

Afghanistan, Islam, Postwar reconstruction, Women, Women's education

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

...education base in a reconstructed Afghanistan absolutely indispensable...government posts have been given to women, and one of these ministers...She was replaced by another woman for that post, but the bullying tactics against women in politics and society illustrate...been the men in power, in Afghanistan as well as in the neighboring...
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The Women of Afghanistan

Journal article by Carol Tell; Social Education, Vol. 66, 2002

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Social aspects, Social sciences--Study and teaching, Taliban--Social policy, Women--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...and begging. Many women adjusted their behavior...wouldnt get beaten. One woman said, I stayed home...around. We heard that women were beaten for having...restrictions against women in Afghanistan fell into the following...not fully covered. Women doctors were segregated...womens health in Afghanistan has not been good...expectancy for an Afghan woman is 44 years old. In...
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Reflections on Working in Post-conflict Afghanistan: Local versus International Perspectives on Gender Relations

Journal article by Rebecca Winthrop; Women's Studies Quarterly, Vol. 31, 2003

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Afghanistan, Gender, Postwar reconstruction, Progress, Women

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...managers in our Afghanistan education program...professional refugee women are brought into...directed just at women and girls, but...context of rural Afghanistan, it is crucial...to the people of Afghanistan and the expressed...desires of both women and men in rural...
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Women of Afghanistan in the Post-Taliban Era

Journal article by Irina Gambs; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 63, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Women of Afghanistan in the Post-Taliban Era (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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Women of Afghanistan in the Post-Taliban Era. by Irina...pages. Rosemarie Skaines Women of Afghanistan in the Post-Taliban Era attempts...the author did not live in or visit Afghanistan, the book still gives the reader...
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Cedaw and Afghanistan

Journal article by Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims; Journal of International Women's Studies, Vol. 11, 2009

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Conventions, Equality, Human rights, Mens health, Sex crimes, Sex roles, United Nations--UN, Women

Collections: Entire Library

...discussing violence against women in the private sphere...domestic violence in Afghanistan.24 They did not feel...on Violence Against Women went far enough in demanding...criminal offence. One woman commented, "All the...hand, another group of women attested that private...any culture including Afghanistan and the fact that not...

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Magazine Articles on: afghanistan women

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Afghanistan: Women Resisting: Building a House with Solid Walls

Magazine article by Suzanne Farkas; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2003

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Afghanistan, Political activities, Revolutionary Assn of the Women of Afghanistan, Saba, Sahar, Women

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...and decided to start the Calgary Chapter of Women for Women in Afghanistan. As a woman with so many rights intact, I literally could not imagine life for women in Afghanistan. The issue became very personal. If we...
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Afghanistan: Women Resisting: Building a House with Solid Walls

Magazine article by Suzanne Farkas; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2003

Subjects:

Afghanistan, Political dissent, Revolutionary Afghani Womens Association, Saba, Sahar, Women

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Afghanistan: Women Resisting: Building...solutions, why women were not leaders...for the women of Afghanistan? A peaceful environment...International community. Women will be in the Loya...support comes from Afghanistan but most is from...
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Afghanistan: Women under Threat

Magazine article; Herizons, Vol. 16, Summer 2002

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Afghanistan, Asia, Rights, Women

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Afghanistan: Women under Threat (NEW YORK...the reconstruction of Afghanistan if they can be physically...same time, many Afghan women still live in an environment...Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF), increased human...
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Can Sharia Be Good for Women? across Afghanistan, Girls and Women Are Now Receiving an Education: But It Is a Purely Islamic One

Magazine article by F. Brinley Bruton; New Statesman, Vol. 135, November 27, 2006

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Social policy, Islamic law--Study and teaching, Islamic religious education, Women--Civil rights, Women--Education, Women--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

...a country where women still cannot pray...there are those in Afghanistan who question whether...Bashir, the first woman to hold such a...the sight of a woman simply leaving...rights for men and women. But the truth...the future for Afghanistan. Now we dont have...who object to a woman holding such an...The space for women such as Bashir to operate in Afghanistan is shrinking...
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What Next for the Women of Afghanistan? an Interview with Tahmeena Faryal

Magazine article by Daniel Consolatore; The Humanist, Vol. 62, May-June 2002

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Associations, institutions, etc.--Officials and employees, Associations--Officials and employees, Faryal, Tahmeena--Interviews, Human rights--Evaluation, Islam and politics--Evaluation, Islam--Evaluation, Secularism--Evaluation, Women political activists--Interviews, Women--Afghanistan

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA...service organization in Afghanistan with a stated mission...social services within Afghanistan and has built an impressive...by the Taliban of a woman in a burqa accused...Northern Alliance, Afghan women and Islam, Islamist...future of secularism in Afghanistan. I was fascinated...look at this young woman at the center of the...

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Newspaper Articles on: afghanistan women

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Afghanistan to Lose Some U.N. Food Aid: Shipments Often Don't Reach Women

Newspaper article by Judith Mbuya; The Washington Times, November 8, 1996

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Afghanistan, Taliban, United Nations, World Food Program

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Afghanistan to lose some U...often dont reach women by Judith Mbuya Troubled...womens rights in Afghanistan, the United Nations...employees to verify that women are being allowed...training for women in Afghanistan. But at the moment...
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We Need to Convince Them We Are a Force for Good; Local Knowledge Could Hold the Key to Saving the Lives of Welsh Men and Women on the Frontline in Afghanistan, According to a Veteran Officer Serving in the War-Torn Country. in the Fourth of His Reports from Helmand Province, Ben Glaze Learns the Importance of Negotiating with Tribal Elders

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 28, 2010

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Afghanistan. National Army, Soldiers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Lives of Welsh Men and Women on the Frontline in Afghanistan, According to a Veteran Officer...of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). "Others deal with the...authority and security to Afghanistan will continue long after the...
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Fear Blocks Women Voters in Afghanistan

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 25, 2009

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Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...2004 and 2005 we had lots of women, but this time mainly security...areas and participation of women was less, she said.They...and run by Afghanistans only woman governor, saw a strong turnout...the north, the turnout of women for this election was notably...Free and Fair Foundation of Afghanistan, said 650 female-only polling...
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What Options Are Left for Women in Afghanistan?

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 6, 2009

Subjects:

Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Options Are Left for Women in Afghanistan? ItAEs been 11 years...album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman. "This is a doctor...impossible to tell one woman from another under...rights disaster for women in history. After...Association of the Women of Afghanistan, wants us out. WAW...
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DOC TELLS OF LIFE IN WAR?TORN HOSPITAL; Stratford Woman Training Others in Afghanistan

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), October 20, 2011

Subjects:

Working women--Training

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...TORN HOSPITAL; Stratford Woman Training Others in Afghanistan. Byline: Sam Dimmer A DOCTOR...who is training others in Afghanistan has revealed the daily challenges...year She first worked in Afghanistan in 2001 - but was told to...Taliban." Care for pregnant women and their children is incredibly...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: afghanistan women

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Afghanistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of whom must be women) appointed by the...The location of Afghanistan astride the land...Rawalpindi, which gave Afghanistan full control over...the freedom of its women provoked opposition...mujahidin and Taliban, women, and Pashtuns...areas bordering Afghanistan; by the end of...
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Pakistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...center on the line between Afghanistan and the Indus valley. East...would incorporate parts of Afghanistan and Iran. Punjabis reside...with 60 seats reserved for women and 10 for non-Muslims...the Indus plain and much of Afghanistan. After the fall of the Mauryas...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...that increased the power of women and minority groups in the...response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Carter also organized a boycott...running mate; she was the first woman to gain a major partys vice...raids were launched against Afghanistan by the United States, with...
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Iran

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...intervention of the British on behalf of Afghanistan and resulted in the recognition...1963 and subsequent elections. Women received the right to vote in national...eased at that time with neighboring Afghanistan, as Soviet troops there began withdrawal...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...agricultural laborers. (Women could not vote until 1918...frontier wars in Africa and Afghanistan, and became the largest shareholder...involved Britain in Egypt, Afghanistan, and Uganda. Gladstones...launching attacks against Afghanistan after the Taliban government...

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