“Liberating the Women of Afghanistan”

This article explores struggles for women emancipation and empowerment in contemporary Afghanistan. It situates the topic in the context of the humanitarian and military intervention. Struggles of and for women in Afghanistan are reconstructed not as a domestic policy issue, but as a global concern,...

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Main Author: Prof. Dr. Teresa Koloma Beck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Les Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme 2018-10-01
Series:Socio
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/socio/3335
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