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Land of the unconquerable : the lives of contemporary Afghan women /

Reaching beyond sensational headlines, this book offers a three-dimensional portrait of Afghan women. In a series of wide-ranging, deeply reflective essays, this book examines the realities of life for women in both urban and rural settings.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Heath, Jennifer (Editor), Zahedi, Ashraf, 1947- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Women > Afghanistan > Social conditions > 21st century.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780520948990
0520948998
1283278057
9781283278058
9786613278050
661327805X
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: lessons for improving Afghan women's status / Sbireen Khan Burki
  • Between covered and covert: traditions, stereotypes, and Afghan women's agency / Margaret A. Mills
  • Centuries of threat, centuries of resistance: the lessons of Afghan women's resilience / Anne E. Brodsky
  • Don't say what, who, and when, say how: community development and women / Wahid Omar
  • Afghanistan blues: seeing beyond the Burqa on Youtube / Dinah Zeiger
  • "Women's political presence: a path to promoting gender interests? / Anna Larson
  • Voices of parliamentarians: four women MPs share their thoughts / Massouda Jalal [and others]
  • Nothing left to lose: women in prison / Lizette Potgieter
  • Selling sex in Afghanistan: portraits of sex workers in Kabul / Alisa Tang
  • Between choice and force: marriage practices in Afghanistan / Deborah J. Smith
  • The hidden war against women: health care in Afghanistan / Sima Samar
  • Challenges to cripple the spirit: a midwife's experiences / Pamela Chandler
  • Women with disabilities: recollections from across the decades / Mary Macmakin
  • A question of access: women and food security / Elizabeth Stites
  • Psychological impacts of war: human rights and mental health / Nahid Aziz
  • Mending Afghanistan stitch by stitch: how traditional crafts and social organization advance Afghan women / Rachel Lehr
  • Rural women's livelihood: their position in the agrarian economy / Jo Grace, Adam Pain
  • Chadari politics: translating perceptions into policy and practice / Lina Abirafeh
  • When the picture does not fit the frame: engaging afghan men in women's empowerment / Ashraf Zahedi
  • Empowering women through education: recipe for success / Sakena Yacoobi
  • From both sides of the mic: women and the media / Aunohita Mojumdar
  • Painting their way into the public world: women and the visual arts / Lauryn Oates
  • A hidden discourse: Afghanistan's women poets / Zuzanna Olszewska
  • Hopes and dreams: interviews with young Afghans / Amina Kator.

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