gender politics in postwar Afghanistan
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Billaud, Julie
- Publish Year
- 2015
- Shelfmark
- V IND 1P 2015 - B
- Thesaurus
- media, terrorisme, zelfdoding, huwelijken, vrouwenbewegingen, vrouwenlichamen, mode, schoonheidsspecialisten, politieke participatie, literatuur
- Description
- After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the plight of Afghan women under Taliban rule was widely publicized in the United States as one of the humanitarian issues justifying intervention.This book explores the contradictions, ambiguities, and unintended effects of the emancipatory projects for Afghan women designed and imposed by external organizations. Billaud introduces readers to daily life in Afghanistan through portraits of women targeted by international aid policies. Examining encounters between international experts in gender and transitional justice, Afghan civil servants and NGO staff, and women unaffiliated with these organizations, Billaud unpacks some of the paradoxes that arise from competing understandings of democracy and rights practices.