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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823144003321

Autore

Kitch Sally

Titolo

Contested terrain : reflections with Afghan women leaders / / Sally L. Kitch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, Illinois ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-252-08027-0

0-252-09664-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

305.409581

Soggetti

Feminism - Afghanistan

Feminists - Afghanistan

Women - Political activity - Afghanistan

Leadership in women - Afghanistans

Women - Afghanistan - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. Hope (2002�2005)""; ""1. Working for Women in ""Postconflict"" Afghanistan""; ""2. Two Strong Voices: The Making of Women Leaders in Afghanistan""; ""3. Constructing Women's Rights in Afghanistan""; ""Part II. Reality (2005�2010)""; ""4. The Basics of Change""; ""5. The Political Is Personal""; ""6. Afghan Marriage Practices""; ""7. Marriage Hits Home""; ""Part III. Uncertainty (2010�2013)""; ""8. Addressing Afghanistan's Problems""; ""9. Fast-Forward""; ""10. Future Prospects""

""Afterword: The Clock Is Ticking, 2013""""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This work explores the crisis in contemporary Afghan women's lives by focusing on two remarkable Afghan professional women working on behalf of their Afghan sisters. The author's compelling narrative follows the stories of Judge Marzia Basel and Jamila Afghani from 2005 through 2013, providing an oft-ignored perspective on the personal and



professional lives of Afghanistan's women.