Between hope and fear : intimidation and attacks against women in public life in Afghanistan / Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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TextLanguage: English Series: ; (A Human Rights Watch briefing paper)Publication details: [New York?] : Human Rights Watch, 2004.Description: 37 p. ; 30 cmSubject(s): - Women – Afghanistan – Political activity
- Leadership in women – Afghanistan
- Women – Afghanistan
- Women’s rights – Afghanistan
- Women – Afghanistan – Social conditions
- Women – Education – Afghanistan
- Women in public life – Afghanistan
- Women in politics –Afghanistan
- Women – Crimes against – Afghanistan
- Human rights – Violation – Afghanistan
- Pamphlet HQ 1735.6 .B48 2004
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Cover title.
“October 2004”.
“Human Rights Watch”—at head of title.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary: “When a U.S.-led coalition invaded Afghanistan in October 2001, one of the justifications for the war was that it would liberate women form the misogynistic rule of the Taliban. Three years later, on the eve of the country’s first-ever national presidential elections on October 9, 2004, there have been notable improvements for women and girls. More than one million girls are enrolled in school, the new constitution contains guarantees for women’s equal rights, and according to official figures, approximately 40 percent of all registered voters are women…”—(p. 1).
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