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Gallagher, Nancy. "Liberating Afghan Women." American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 21, no. 3 (July 1, 2004): 70–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajiss.v21i3.508.

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Public opinion in the United States and elsewhere celebrated the liberation of Afghan women following the defeat of the Taliban government. The United States promised to stay in Afghanistan and foster security, economic development, and human rights for all, especially women. After years of funding various anti- Soviet Mujahidin warlords, the United States had agreed to help reconstruct the country once before in 1992, when the Soviet-backed government fell, but had lost interest when the warlords began to fight among themselves. This time, however, it was going to be different. To date, however, conditions have not improved for most Afghan women and reconstruction has barely begun. How did this happen? This article explores media presentations of Afghan women and then compares them with recent reports from human rights organizations and other eyewitness accounts. It argues that the media depictions were built on earlier conceptions of Muslim societies and allowed us to adopt a romantic view that disguised or covered up the more complex historical context of Afghan history and American involvement in it. We allowed ourselves to believe that Afghans were exotic characters who were modernizing or progressing toward a western way of life, despite the temporary setback imposed by the Taliban government. In Afghanistan, however, there was a new trope: the feminist Afghan woman activist. Images of prominent Afghan women sans burqa were much favored by the mass media and American policymakers. The result, however, was not a new focus on funding feminist political organizations or making women’s rights a foreign policy priority; rather, it was an unwillingness to fulfill obligations incurred during decades of American-funded mujahidin warfare, to face the existence of deteriorating conditions for women, resumed opium cultivation, and a resurgent Taliban, or to commit to a multilateral approach that would bring in the funds and expertise needed to sustain a long-term process of reconstruction.
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Gallagher, Nancy. "Liberating Afghan Women." American Journal of Islam and Society 21, no. 3 (July 1, 2004): 70–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v21i3.508.

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Public opinion in the United States and elsewhere celebrated the liberation of Afghan women following the defeat of the Taliban government. The United States promised to stay in Afghanistan and foster security, economic development, and human rights for all, especially women. After years of funding various anti- Soviet Mujahidin warlords, the United States had agreed to help reconstruct the country once before in 1992, when the Soviet-backed government fell, but had lost interest when the warlords began to fight among themselves. This time, however, it was going to be different. To date, however, conditions have not improved for most Afghan women and reconstruction has barely begun. How did this happen? This article explores media presentations of Afghan women and then compares them with recent reports from human rights organizations and other eyewitness accounts. It argues that the media depictions were built on earlier conceptions of Muslim societies and allowed us to adopt a romantic view that disguised or covered up the more complex historical context of Afghan history and American involvement in it. We allowed ourselves to believe that Afghans were exotic characters who were modernizing or progressing toward a western way of life, despite the temporary setback imposed by the Taliban government. In Afghanistan, however, there was a new trope: the feminist Afghan woman activist. Images of prominent Afghan women sans burqa were much favored by the mass media and American policymakers. The result, however, was not a new focus on funding feminist political organizations or making women’s rights a foreign policy priority; rather, it was an unwillingness to fulfill obligations incurred during decades of American-funded mujahidin warfare, to face the existence of deteriorating conditions for women, resumed opium cultivation, and a resurgent Taliban, or to commit to a multilateral approach that would bring in the funds and expertise needed to sustain a long-term process of reconstruction.
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Wali, Sima. "Afghan Women: Recovering, Rebuilding." Ethics & International Affairs 16, no. 2 (September 2002): 15–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7093.2002.tb00391.x.

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The United States' foreign policy in Afghanistan has a long history of misguided plans and misplaced trust—a fact that has contributed to the destruction of the social and physical infrastructure of Afghan society. Afghans contend that after having fought as U.S. allies against the Soviet Union—with the price of more than two million dead—the United States swiftly walked away at the end of that bloody, twenty-three-year conflict. The toll of the war on Afghan society reflected in current statistics is so staggering as to be practically unimaginable: 12 million women living in abject poverty, 1 million people handicapped from land mine explosions, an average life expectancy of forty years (lower for women), a mortality rate of 25.7 percent for children under five years old, and an illiteracy rate of 64 percent. These horrific indicators place Afghanistan among the most destitute countries in the world in terms of human development.
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Saba, Sahar, and Farooq Sulehria. "Afghan Women." South Asian Survey 24, no. 1 (March 2017): 20–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971523118783155.

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In the mainstream narratives on the Afghan conflict, primacy is assigned to a binary of ‘Mujahedeen’ and People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) regime. The struggle of organisations, beyond this binary, such as the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) against and during the communist rule, belies these narratives. Consequently, this article argues that women’s liberation is not possible when a state/society is run by an autocratic regime denying democratic freedoms in general. This is equally true about present-day Afghanistan despite the staging of a mainstream intellectual/political spectacle to show that Afghan women were rescued by the USA. In the case of PDPA, we argue that through the harsh measures to subdue the opposition, the ‘communist’ regime introduced policies with huge consequences for women. Regarding the post-9/11 regime, we flag up its ideologically anti-women character. Therefore, we conclude that women’s liberation cannot be achieved under foreign occupations.
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Dadras, Omid, Takeo Nakayama, Masahiro Kihara, Masako Ono-Kihara, Seyedahmad Seyedalinaghi, and Fateme Dadras. "The prevalence and associated factors of adverse pregnancy outcomes among Afghan women in Iran; Findings from community-based survey." PLOS ONE 16, no. 1 (January 15, 2021): e0245007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245007.

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Backgrounds An estimated 2.5 million Afghans are living in the Iran and almost half of them are young women at the childbearing ages. Although the evidence indicates lower rates of antenatal care and higher incidence of pregnancy complications in Afghan compared to Iranian women, the underlying reasons are not well defined. Therefore, in the present study, we aimed to explore the prevalence and associated sociodemographic factors of adverse pregnancy outcomes and examine the impact of intimate partner violence, food insecurity, poor mental health, and housing issues on pregnancy outcome in Afghan women living in Iran. Methods In July 2019, we enrolled 424 Afghan women aged 18–44 years old using the time-location sampling at three community health centers in the south region of Tehran province. The data was collected through face to face interviews using the researcher-developed questionnaire. Using bivariate and multivariate analysis, the impact of poor antenatal care, intimate partner violence, food insecurity, and poor mental health was assessed on the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcome. Results More than half (56.6%) of Afghan women reported at least one pregnancy complication in their recent pregnancy. The results showed that undocumented, illiterate, and unemployed Afghan women with lower socioeconomic status are more likely to experience adverse pregnancy outcomes. Furthermore, we observed lower prevalence of adverse pregnancy outcomes among documented immigrants with health insurance compared to those with no health insurance. It is also been found that the food insecurity [Adjusted OR = 3.35, 95% CI (1.34–8.36)], poor antenatal care [Adjusted OR = 10.50, 95% CI (5.40–20.39)], intimate partner violence [Adjusted OR = 2.72, 95% CI (1.10–6.77)], and poor mental health [Adjusted OR = 4.77, 95% CI (2.54–8.94)] could adversely impact the pregnancy outcome and we observed higher incidence of adverse outcomes among those suffering from these situations. Conclusion To our knowledge, this is the first study that explored the prevalence and associated factors of adverse pregnancy outcomes and the impact of intimate partner violence, food insecurity, poor mental health on pregnancy outcome among Afghan women in Iran. Enhancing the psychosocial support and empowering Afghan women through expanding the social network and safety net should be a priority for the central government and international parties. Psychological counseling should be incorporated into routine maternity care for Afghan refugees. Access to free antenatal care is a right for all Afghan women and it should be facilitated by universal health insurance for all Afghans regardless of their legal status.
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Rahim, Taiba. "The future of Afghanistan: an Afghan responsibility." International Review of the Red Cross 92, no. 880 (December 2010): 993–1002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1816383111000063.

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AbstractBad news about Afghanistan is a daily reality. War has plagued the country for three uninterrupted decades. Afghan women and men face daunting survival struggles. The majority of them have known nothing else but war. Considerable responsibility lies on the shoulders of Afghans themselves, who have caused extensive suffering for their fellow countrywomen and men. This article, however, argues that the future of Afghanistan lies in Afghan hands. The solution to its current problems cannot and will not come from outside. It is time for Afghan men and women to confront their problems, to address their divisions, and to envisage home-grown solutions.
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Ghani, Bilquis, and Lucy Fiske. "‘Art is my language’: Afghan cultural production challenging Islamophobic stereotypes." Journal of Sociology 56, no. 1 (November 8, 2019): 115–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1440783319882536.

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Afghans and Afghanistan have, since September 11, risen to prominence in Western popular imagination as a land of tradition, tribalism and violence. Afghan women are assumed to be silent, submissive, and terrorised by Afghan men, who are seen as violent patriarchs driven by an uncompromising mediaeval religion. These Islamophobic tropes also inform perceptions of Afghans seeking asylum. In transit, identities are further reduced; asylum seekers lose even a national identity and become a Muslim threat – criminals, terrorists or invaders. These narrative frames permeate political discourse, media, and reports of non-governmental organisations (seeking donor funds to ‘save’ Afghan women). Drawing on fieldwork in Afghanistan and Indonesia, this article looks at how Afghans in Kabul and Indonesia are using art and other forms of cultural production to challenge over-simplified hegemonic narratives in the West, to open spaces for dialogue and expression within their own communities, and to offer a more nuanced account of their own identities.
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Fahmy, Shahira. "Picturing Afghan Women." Gazette (Leiden, Netherlands) 66, no. 2 (April 2004): 91–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0016549204041472.

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Mitra, Saumava. "‘Picturing Afghan Women’ for Western audiences: The Afghan perspective." Journalism 21, no. 6 (May 15, 2019): 800–820. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464884919849359.

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As the United States engages with the Taliban in a peace process that might return them to influence within Afghanistan, concerns are rising regarding the future status of Afghan women. In this background, this article returns to the much studied subject of the portrayal of Afghan women in Western news media through Orientalist stereotypes. Noting the lack of Afghan perspectives in previous research on this topic, the study investigates the views and practices of Afghan photojournalists, who have today come to replace international photojournalists in the country, when it comes to ‘picturing Afghan women’ for Western audiences. It sheds light on the day-to-day professional activities of these photojournalists when producing images of Afghan women for Western audiences. It goes on to explore Afghan photojournalists’ perceptions about how Afghan women have been and are being portrayed in Western news media. Finally, it reports on how most of these Afghan photojournalists may perpetuate the same stereotypes about Afghan women for Western audiences because hierarchies in the international ‘visual gatekeeping chain’ supersede the Afghan photojournalists’ power to shape visual narratives and coupled with the need to earn an income as precarious labor, their individual self-reflexivity regarding picturing Afghan women are suppressed. The study also notes how photographing Afghan women causes risks for Afghan photojournalists as well as the Afghan women who are photographed. Attention is called to this hitherto invisible ethical concern that lives are jeopardized to validate Western savior narratives regarding Afghan women through images.
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Papell, Catherine P. "Working with “Women for Afghan Women”." Social Work with Groups 38, no. 3-4 (July 3, 2015): 224–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01609513.2014.948588.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Afghan Women"

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Kazemiyan, Azam. "A Thousand Splendid Suns; Rhetorical Vision of Afghan Women." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/22680.

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Following the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Afghan women suddenly gained high visibility all over the world. Since then, representations of Afghan women in the Western media and notably in the U.S. news media provide a critical concern to scholars. Much of the relevant literature on this topic speaks to the fact that the dominant portrayal of Afghan women in the Western media has shown them as passive victims of war and violence, to be liberated only by the Western military intervention. However, the question remains as to how the popular fictional narratives, as another vivid source of information, represent Afghan women to the Western readers. To address this question, A Thousand Splendid Suns, as a popular novel authored by Khalid Hosseini, an Afghan novelist, was selected. Bormannian fantasy theme analysis of this novel conveys the passivity of women in the context of Afghanistan. The findings reveal that the portrayals of Afghan women in the novel correspond with the images of Afghan women in the Western media. Moreover, an examination of a sample of book reviews of the novel unveils the important contribution of Khalid Hosseini to the Orientalist discourse.
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Samad, Khorshied. "Afghan women, media and democracy: Emerging democracy in post-Taliban Afghanistan." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27418.

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The current transformation of post-conflict Afghanistan from a war-torn nation to an emerging democracy, and the evolving role of Afghan women in media, politics, and society in post-Taliban Afghanistan are the backdrop against which the theoretical framework of this thesis are tested. Theories of deliberative democracy are investigated, exploring the synergistic intricacies between media and democracy, assessing the extent to which they influence one another. The central research question guiding this study is what role media play in the midst of or in relation to social change. Through historical data, literary sources and interviews, the thesis demonstrates that post-conflict conditions either facilitate or hinder the development of media and the emergence of democracy. It will be argued that without the equal participation of men and women in society, Afghanistan's emerging democracy will remain weak and vulnerable to both internal and external forces of destruction, blocking the country's path to progress.
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Abedin, Aida. "Afghan Women in Sweden: A Qualitative Study of Their Socio-Cultural Integration and Sense of Belonging." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21841.

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This study aims to investigate on the social and cultural integration experiences of Afghan women in Sweden, in terms of their social networks and their socio-cultural practices. In addition, this paper questions where the Afghan women feel belonging to and what factors shape this sense of belonging. For this reason, a qualitative methodology is applied and the data is compiled through semi-structured interviews with ten Afghan women residing in Malmö, Sweden, with using both focus group interviews and individual interviews as the data collecting procedures. The concepts of socio-cultural integration, sense of belonging and social network have been utilized as the theoretical and conceptual frameworks of the study. With regards to social networks, this research intends to investigate on the social interactions of the participants with people of their own ethnic group and also with Swedes. Regarding the socio-cultural practices, the eating habits and the holiday celebration and participation of Afghan women participating in the research are examined as indicators of their cultural integration. The findings of the study reveal that language proficiency is considered as the key factor for socio-cultural integration among the participants. In general, the participants experience different levels of social interactions both with other Afghans and with Swedes. The study also shows that while the participants are committed to the Afghan cultural practices such as eating Afghan foods and celebrating their holidays, they also welcome some of the Swedish cultural practices. In addition, mutual respect has a fundamental place in Afghan women‟s interactions with the host culture and values. Moreover, the participants of this study experience different notions of belonging, and factors such as their family ties, safety, and discrimination vs. acceptance shape their feeling of belonging to both Sweden and Afghanistan. In general, the findings of this study confirm Beg‟s statement (2005) that Afghan women are not a homogenous group, and experience different varieties of socio-cultural integration and different notions of belonging.
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Anderson, Kelly Gibson Rhonda. "Cover story the rhetorical construction of Afghan women in a Time feature /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,543.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Title from electronic title page (viewed Oct. 10, 2007). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication." Discipline: Journalism and Mass Communication; Department/School: Journalism and Mass Communication, School of.
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Arnold, Rachel E. "Afghan women and the culture of care in a Kabul maternity hospital." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2015. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/24519/.

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Female Afghan healthcare providers are vital to reduce the number of women dying in labour. Since 2001 the numbers of female providers have been substantially increased. Ensuring quality care for women in childbirth, however, remains a more elusive goal. The aim of this qualitative ethnographic study was to analyse the culture of care of a Kabul maternity hospital and explore the barriers and facilitators to quality care. My particular focus was the experiences, thoughts, feelings, and values of the doctors, midwives and care assistants. Six weeks of participant observation, 23 semi-structured interviews with hospital staff, 41 background interviews and 2 focus group discussions with women in the community, between 2010 and 2012, were used to gather diverse perspectives on childbirth and care in Kabul maternity hospitals. A thematic approach was used to analyse the data. Five themes were identified: the culture of care; motivation; fear, power and vulnerability; challenges of care; family and social influences. Three themes are explored in depth in this thesis. They are discussed in the following order: the culture of care, challenges of care, and fear, power and vulnerability. The influence of family and social norms on healthcare providers was integral to understanding hospital life; it therefore contributes to each chapter. Women in childbirth laboured alone with minimal monitoring, kindness or support. For staff, the high workload was physically and emotionally demanding, resident doctors struggled to acquire clinical skills, midwives were discouraged from using their skills. Family expectations and social pressures influenced staff priorities. A climate of fear, vulnerability and horizontal violence fractured staff relationships. ‘Powerful’ hospital staff determined the behavioural agenda. This study offers multiple insights into healthcare provider behaviour. It reveals complex interrelated issues that affect care in this Afghan setting but its relevance is far broader. It is one of few international studies that explore care from the perspective of healthcare providers in their cultural and social environment. It reveals that understanding the context of healthcare is pivotal to understanding behaviour and the underlying obstacles to quality care. Furthermore, it challenges conventional assumptions about individual staff agency, motivation, and common strategies to improve the quality of care.
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Zaher, Zulfia. "The Problematic Socialization of Child Marriage in Afghanistan: Perceptions, Challenges, and Possibilities for Social Change." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1375720048.

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Møller, Silke. "Do Afghan women need saving? : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Laura Bush’s representation of the women in Afghanistan." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-45801.

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Do Afghan women need saving? This study focuses on the discourse of the USA’s First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush in the years (2001-2009) and how she represents the women in Afghanistan in the context of the USA-led intervention in Afghanistan. My aim is to understand how the USA intervention can be legitimized through Mrs. Bush’s argumentation of bringing human rights to Afghan women. In the analysis in this thesis, Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis is used in combination with feminist and postcolonial theory to understand her discourse about the women in Afghanistan and how her resulting discourse functions in connection with the USA-led intervention in Afghanistan. The study concludes that Mrs. Bush constructs the Afghan women as in need of help and in connection the USA as the helping hand who have an obligation to save the women in Afghanistan. In combination with strategic use of ‘embedded feminism’ and an oriental discourse Mrs. Bush’s discourse functions to make the USA-led intervention in Afghanistan seem legitimate.
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Maroof, Zakia. "An Exploratory Examination of Afghan Women Socio Economic Status (SES) and Child Health Indicator." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2010. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/134.

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In this study we used the data from Afghanistan Health Survey 2006. For this study, 8278 households were randomly selected in which 8281 women aged 10-49 years were interviewed by survey teams using a structured questionnaire. The information was also collected for all children aged 5 years or less from all these households. The sample includes 7843 (13.8%) children under the age of 5 years old. Literacy of mothers (ability to read), age of mother at marriage, number of children, exposure to mass media (listening to radio or watching TV) were the independent variables and BCG vaccination, initiation of breastfeeding (within first hour of life or after first hour); and use of bed net (to protect a child from Malaria) were dependent variables. Chi square and Odd Ratio test was used to test significance of the associations. Logistic Regression test was used to control for the confounders. In this study we found that those listening to radio at least once a week were more likely to start breastfeeding during the first hour of life. Those watching TV at least once a week were more likely to vaccinate their children for BCG. These associations were significant after controlling for confounders (economic status of the family and distance to health facility). The fact that why the other independent variables did not have association with BCG vaccination, initiation of breastfeeding and use of bed net can be either due to limitation of the study or there are other reasons that require further investigations.
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Johnson, Fevziye. "Afghan Women and the Problematics of Self Expression: Silencing Sounds and Sounds of Silence." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/312528.

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This two-fold study examines the status of women of Afghanistan and the reality of their lives as depicted in their Persian-Dari literature and a few of their autobiographies published in English. It presents several relevant objectives: first, it argues that the highly traditional interpretations of Islam and Islamic law by certain religious authorities in the multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-cultural, and semi-tribal society of Afghanistan, combined with some strong patriarchal system of the states, are the main factors imposing silence on the female population of that country. Second, to enhance this argument, the study provides a brief historical overview, with focus on women's status in Afghanistan since 1919 up to the present. Third, and most pertinent to the main subject of this project, the dissertation substantiates the above arguments by examining the portrayal of sexism, subjugation, segregation, resistance, veiling, and the overall oppression of Afghan women in women's prose, poetry, and autobiographical writings (the latter naturally have been published abroad). Finally, it argues that the absence of a strong Afghan female voice from any global dialog, along with the scarcity of academic study regarding their real status, have opened the way for a number of feminist writers and scholars to approach women's issues in Afghanistan from different perspectives that, in some cases, omit factual and realistic assessments of women's situation in that country. Documentary evidence is integrated into this study to demonstrate the courage, and the gradual awakening of Afghan women to their identity and power in the very complex society of Afghanistan, as well as their growing awareness that having a voice is vital for their survival.
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Kamal, Sarah. "Cultured men, uncultured women : an exploration of the gendered hierarchy of taste governing Afghan radio." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39181.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Comparative Media Studies, 2005.
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After years of strict bans on the media, local radio in post-Taliban Afghanistan is undergoing an intense period of reconstruction. This thesis uses a multi-sited ethnographic investigation to examine local Afghan radio's various relationships with women in Afghanistan. In examining both the production and consumption contexts of local radio, it pinpoints areas of disjuncture that can and do lead to breakdowns in communications with the Afghan woman audience. Societal constructions of "cultured" tastes in the production room tend to obstruct female-friendly radio in favour of elite, male-oriented textual encodings. Consequently, women's radio transmissions are often at odds with the genre preferences and high levels of illiteracy of women in Afghanistan, failing to communicate with large segments of their intended audience. Radio producers face real and perceived penalties for disrupting cultural rules on what is and is not done on the air, thus the current system propagating ineffective women's radio is highly resistant to change.
by Sarah Kamal.
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Books on the topic "Afghan Women"

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Scott, Heidler, ed. Parwana: The changing role of Afghan women. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2007.

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(Pakistan), Church World Service, ed. Afghan women: Tales of sorrow and hope. Karachi: Church World Service Pakistan/Afghanistan, 2005.

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1947-, Gauhari Farooka, ed. An Afghan woman's odyssey. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004.

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Women in Afghan National Police: A baseline assessment. Kabul: Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organization, 2014.

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1940-1994, Boetti Alighiero, Hamilton Roy W, Ruiz Alma, Steinberger Randi Malkin, and Fowler Museum at UCLA, eds. Order and disorder: Alighiero Boetti by Afghan women. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2012.

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Lindsey, Linda L. The health status of Afghan refugees: Focus on women. [East Lansing, Mich.]: Michigan State University, 1990.

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Zoya. Zoya's story: An Afghan woman's struggle for freedom. Leicester: Ulverscroft, 2003.

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Kabul Beauty School: Beneath the veil of Afghan women. New York: Random House, 2007.

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Land of the unconquerable: The lives of contemporary Afghan women. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011.

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Christensen, Hanne. The reconstruction of Afghanistan: A chance for rural Afghan women. Geneva: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 1990.

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Book chapters on the topic "Afghan Women"

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Nemat, Orzala. "Afghan Women." In Women of Asia, 333–46. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315458458-25.

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Stites, Elizabeth. "9. Afghan women, Afghan livelihoods." In Reconstructing Agriculture in Afghanistan, 189–212. Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom: Practical Action Publishing, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780445731.009.

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Yacoobi, Sakena. "Women Educating Women in the Afghan Diaspora: Why and How." In Religious Fundamentalisms and the Human Rights of Women, 229–35. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230107380_20.

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Rostami-Povey, Elaheh. "Afghan Women’s Resistance and Struggle: Gender, Agency, and Identity." In Women and Fluid Identities, 146–65. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137265302_8.

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Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma. "Being a Woman, a Muslim, and an Afghan in the USA: Dilemmas of Displacements." In Gendered Journeys: Women, Migration and Feminist Psychology, 123–41. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137521477_6.

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Hanemann, Ulrike. "Home-Based Schools: Increasing the Access of Education to Afghan Girls and Women." In International Perspectives on Home Education, 237–53. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137446855_17.

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Cardullo, R. J. "An Afghan is a Woman: Siddiq Barmak’s Osama." In Teaching Sound Film, 293–303. Rotterdam: SensePublishers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-726-9_32.

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"Introduction." In Afghan women. Bloomsbury Academic, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350218062.ch-001.

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"Challenging domination." In Afghan women. Bloomsbury Academic, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350218062.ch-005.

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"Resistance and struggle under the Taliban." In Afghan women. Bloomsbury Academic, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350218062.ch-002.

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Agustina, Hiqma Nur. "Latifa, Afghan Women and Unfinished Struggle." In Proceedings of the Second Conference on Language, Literature, Education, and Culture (ICOLLITE 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icollite-18.2019.25.

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Kamminga, Jorrit, Lotje Boswinkel, and Tamara Göth. Because She Matters: Ensuring women’s meaningful participation in peacebuilding in Afghanistan. Oxfam, Cordaid, Inclusive Peace, September 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.21201/2020.6430.

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While intra-Afghan talks have started, sustainable peace is still a distant reality in Afghanistan. Ongoing peace efforts ignore women’s meaningful participation: women are included in only one in every five meetings. Evidence shows that when women have a meaningful role in peace negotiations, peace is more sustainable. Afghan and international actors must stress the importance of including women in all stages of formal and informal talks at national and local levels. This research paper uses the seven modalities of the Broadening Participation framework to identify practical ways to include Afghan women meaningfully and pave the way for inclusive peacebuilding.
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Kamminga, Jorrit, Cristina Durán, and Miguel Ángel Giner Bou. Zahra: A policewoman in Afghanistan. Oxfam, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.21201/2020.6959.

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As part of Oxfam’s Strategic Partnership project ‘Towards a Worldwide Influencing Network’, the graphic story Zahra: A policewoman in Afghanistan was developed by Jorrit Kamminga, Cristina Durán and Miguel Ángel Giner Bou. The project is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The graphic story is part of a long-standing Oxfam campaign that supports the inclusion and meaningful participation of women in the Afghan police. The story portrays the struggles of a young woman from a rural village who wants to become a police officer. While a fictional character, Zahra’s story represents the aspirations and dreams of many young Afghan women who are increasingly standing up for their rights and equal opportunities, but who are still facing structural societal and institutional barriers. For young women like Zahra, there are still few role models and male champions to support their cause. Yet, as Oxfam’s project has shown, their number is growing, which contributes to small shifts in behaviour and perceptions, gradually normalizing women’s presence in the police force. If a critical mass of women within the police force can be reached and their participation increasingly becomes meaningful, this can reduce the societal and institutional resistance over time. Oxfam hopes the fictional character of Zahra can contribute to that in terms of awareness raising and the promotion of women’s participation in the police force. The story is also available on the #IMatter website.
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