Maxine Molyneux (2008) discussing neoliberal trends in feminist social policy in Latin America argues that the term ‘neoliberalism’ has become so profuse it had lost a sense of any specific meaning. In their essay Introduction: …
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Neoliberalism, Feminism and Afghanistan
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(Un)making Idolatry From Mecca to Bamiyan
I ask the Afghans and the Muslims of the world: Would you rather be the smashers of idols or the sellers of idols? – Mullah Umar, supreme leader of the Taliban It is not those who …
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Feminism, the Taliban and the Politics of Counterinsurgency
n a cool, breezy evening in March 1999, Hollywood celebrities turned out in large numbers to show their support for the Feminist Majority’s campaign against the Taliban’s brutal treatment of Afghan women. The person spearheading …
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Human Rights Watch Letter to Clinton on Strategy for Women’s Rights in Post-2014 Afghanistan
Grave Risk to Women’s Rights Without Heightened Commitment and Clear Plans
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Adorning Afghan Walls
“My world is more meaningful now thanks to my work, giving me different perspectives about life as a whole. Earlier, I was unaware of the miseries that Afghan women had to endure for so long. We have been through several heart-wrenching blows in the last three decades. Now is the time to do what was never thought of.”
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Women, War and Fundamentalism in the Middle East
[I}f you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood, soberly and rationally between us, that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits which I have not shared and probably will not share..... [I]n fact, as a woman, I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.
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Eyewitness Afghanistan
A recent talk given at the annual Dublin Anarchist Bookfair, May 2012.
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Ireland Out of Afghanistan
Sultan Bacha was killed. Mir Bacha was sentenced to transportation for life. And that field for which the two brothers were fighting was taken by others.
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Poetry of the Taliban
by James Caron Since there is already a substantial discussionsurrounding this compilation of poetry “of” the Taliban, it seems important to review the work within a series of broader contexts.
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Karzai: Women’s Rights are Not a Bargaining Chip
There are concerns that, in efforts to 'reach out' to the Taliban leadership, President Hamid Karzai may be forced to severely compromise on issues affecting women in particular.
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