Repression, resistance, and women in Afghanistan / Hafizullah Emadi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emadi, Hafizullah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Afghanistan--History--20th century.

Women.

Women in development--Afghanistan--History--20th century.

Women in development.

Women--Afghanistan--Political activity--History--20th century.

Patriarchy--Afghanistan.

Patriarchy.

Women in Islam--Afghanistan.

Women in Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Afghan women have faced an exhaustive struggle in the battle to change their status and improve their situation. Emadi takes a long look at the role of development and modernization policies implemented by the state in the pre- and post-Soviet eras, under the Taliban, and beyond. He finds that such policies have failed to bring about much- needed change and improvement for women. Modernization strategies benefited only a small segment of urban women and left the plight of rural women unchanged. Although a small segment of middle- and upper-class women organized themselves and fought to bring about changes in their status and to end gender inequality, their efforts alone did not meet with much success. Islamic orthodoxy and orthopraxy in the Taliban era restricted women's freedom of movement, access to education, and medical care. Using personal accounts not readily available to researchers or scholars, Emadi explores the diverse factors that contributed to women's oppression both at home and in society. This study provides a detailed analysis of state policies toward women's emancipation within the context of a traditional Islamic society. It chronicles the course of the women's movement and women's organizations still active in the political arena and puts forth an alternative plan to involve women in the reconstruction process in both urban and rural areas.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Peripheral Social Formation: Drive for Modernity

2 Gender Polity: The Status of Women

3 Peripheral State: Politics of Modernization

4 Political Mobilization: Women's Struggle for Equality

5 Politics of Regression: Women in the Post- Soviet Era

6 Women's Empowerment: Prospects for the Future

Appendix: Bilateral Agreement Between the Republic of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the Voluntary Return of Refugees

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-174) and index.

ISBN:

9798216007715

9786610422920

9781280422928

1280422920

9780313012464

0313012466

OCLC:

53438681