The women of Afghanistan under the Taliban
By: by Rosemarie Skaine
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780786410903
Subjects: Talibans; Conditions sociales; Unterdrückung; Frau; Droit; Taliban; Social conditions; Vrouwenonderdrukking; Femmes; Legal status, laws; Women
Description: Addresses the historical, religious and political factors that shape the national identity of Afghan women. Interviews with Afghan women provided by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan give a glimpse into lives of terrible hardship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Modern political and social roles of Afghan women -- -- 2.; title: Women's roles in Islam -- -- 3.; title: Afghan women, contemporary wars and geopolitical forces -- -- 4.; title: Afghan women under the rule of the Taliban -- -- 5.; title: Profiles of Afghan women -- -- 6.; title: Hope for the future.