Gender and International Aid in Afghanistan: The Politics and Effects of Intervention Contributor(s): Abirafeh, Lina (Author) |
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ISBN: 078644519X ISBN-13: 9780786445196 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 305.420 |
LCCN: 2009028951 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 232 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Afghanistan has become home to one of the largest gender-focused aid interventions in the aftermath of 9/11, with foreign aid agencies using Afghan women as a barometer of social change and political progress. Through the lens of gendered aid intervention, this book seeks to understand how the promise of freedom has largely fallen short--for both men and women. Topics include the tenuous relationship between social indicators and aid dynamics; the advancing of the gender agenda through Afghanistan's 2005 parliamentary elections; and the journey from policy formulation to interpretation to implementation through the voices of policy-makers, policy implementers, NGO leaders, Afghanistan specialists and ordinary Afghan women and men. |