Thesis Proposal On Women Empowerment In Afghanistan

Annotated Bibliography

This article is an annotated bibliography on the title women empowerment in Afghanistan.
Abirafeh, L. (2009). Gender and international aid in Afghanistan: The politics and effects of intervention. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
This book discusses Afghanistan in the post 9/11 era. It discusses how foreign agencies have attempted to empower the women in Afghanistan in the political and social arena. The book analyzes the place of gender centered aid intervention in changing the dynamics concerning women in Afghanistan. The topics discussed include advancing the agenda of gender in parliament among others.
Emadi, H. (2002). Repression, resistance, and women in Afghanistan. Westport, Conn: Praeger.
Emadi writes about the policies that have been put in place in Afghanistan to empower women. He discusses the reasons why policies have failed the women in Afghanistan in a society that is largely Islamic. Emadi also offers alternative plan to combat the state of women in Afghanistan.
Skaine, R. (2008). Women of Afghanistan in the post-Taliban era: How lives have changed and where they stand today. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co.
This book is a discussion on how the roles of women have changed in the post-Taliban era. It discusses the milestones that women in Afghanistan have made, their struggle in the midst of war, religious and political conflict and how they have overcome these.
Dyvik, S. L. (2014). Women as ‘Practitioners’ and ‘Targets’. International Feminist Journal Of Politics, 16(3), 410-429. doi:10.1080/14616742.2013.779139
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This article talks about the place of women empowerment in Afghanistan, especially their education, in fighting the war. The article discusses empowerment as a tool of counterinsurgency. The article cites that part of the reason for the Afghanistan invasion in 2001 was due to talks of liberation of the Afghanistan woman. Different parties have different standpoints concerning empowering women in Afghanistan. There are those who would like them to remain underpowered so that they remain unaware of what is happening and have to rely on men to interpret their rights and freedoms which are usually misinterpreted.
Ahmed-Ghosh, H. (2006). Voices of Afghan women: Human rights and economic development. International Feminist Journal Of Politics, 8(1), 110-128. doi:10.1080/14616740500415508
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Ahmed Gosh looks at Afghanistan as a relevant case study to showcase the increasing demand for the rights of women in society especially in a setting of Islamic and tribal dynamics. Ahmed contends that democracy is the only avenue to ensure that the women in Afghanistan can truly enjoy their rights and be empowered. Women constitute more than half the total population, democracy can only therefore be experienced when these women are actively involved in political and social processes of the country. Political and social participation can also be looked at as a product of empowerment of women economically, socially and politically. This article, therefore, debates the different dynamics and agents at work in the question of women empowerment in Afghanistan.
Rostami Povey, E. (2003). Women in Afghanistan: passive victims of the borage or active social participants?. Development In Practice, 13(2/3), 266.
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Rostami has written an article based on a research that was carried in in February of 2002 in Kabul. The article discusses the different experiences of men and women in times of conflict and war. The author discusses the types of violence that women in Afghanistan face and how they can cope with the violence against them. The experiences discussed here are those of individual women and women in women organizations and networks.