TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heath,Jennifer
AU  - Zahedi,Ashraf
TI  - Land of the unconquerable : : the lives of contemporary Afghan women / 
SN  - 9780520261853
AV  - HQ1735.6. L36 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Berkeley : 
PB  - University of California Press, 
KW  - Women
KW  -  Afghanistan
KW  -  Social conditions
KW  -  21st century
N1  - “Includes bibliography”—(p. 367-370); 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 ... [et al.]—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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