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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Afghan women"”.
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Educated Afghan women in search of their identities
… conducted among educated and uneducated working women of Kabul, Afghanistan, during 1986-88, to determine how these women dealt with the dual role of home and office while the predominant tradition of Islam encourage their confinement to the private domain of home, and to the role of mothers and …
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Rights in Flux: The Rights of Afghan Women in Different Eras
Have the lives of Afghan women improved since the U.S. invasion of October of 2001? Historically, the George W. Bush Administration followed past foreign governments, Afghan political parties, and Afghan regimes who also promised to "liberate Afghan women" when making the case for war or violence. …
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Afghan women and the culture of care in a Kabul maternity hospital.
Female Afghan healthcare providers are vital to reduce the number of women dying in labour. Since 2001 the numbers of female providers have been substantially increased. Ensuring quality care for women in childbirth, however, remains a more elusive goal. The aim of this qualitative ethnographic …
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The Lived Experience of Afghan Women Refugees in Three Metropolitan Areas of the Southeastern US: A Phenomenological Study
… native countries or as asylees and refugees. Afghanistan, from 1980-2014, was the country with the largest number of outgoing refugees and it now ranks third in the world. At the opposite end of the continuum the United States remains the primary host country for refugees, asylees, and …
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From Kabul to the Academy: Narratives of Afghan Women's Journeys to and Through U.S. Doctoral Programs
<p>This study explored the experiences of seven Afghan women pursuing doctoral degrees in a variety of disciplines and programs across the United States. The guiding question for this study was: What factors influence Afghan women's journeys to and experiences in doctoral programs?</p> <p>In an …
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A tapestry of resistance: Afghan educated refugee women in Pakistan: 'agency', identity and education in war and displacement
This study addresses how educated Afghan refugee women in Pakistan have experienced,contributed to and challenged the gendered constructions of national, ethnic and religious identities in war and displacement. In addition, this study addresses the lived experiences of educated Afghan refugee women …
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Pathways to public life for professional women in Afghanistan: Negotiating shifting patriarchal political regimes and gender regimes
This thesis examines how Afghan women from the professional social class have negotiated the patriarchy in that country and claimed their agency and public life during different political regimes. Resisting the Western representation of Afghan women as passive victims, it uses the life story …
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Pathways to public life for professional women in Afghanistan: Negotiating shifting patriarchal political regimes and gender regimes
This thesis examines how Afghan women from the professional social class have negotiated the patriarchy in that country and claimed their agency and public life during different political regimes. Resisting the Western representation of Afghan women as passive victims, it uses the life story …
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The Colonial Logics of Exceptionalism: Imperial Feminism in an American and Canadian Case Study
… case study explores the American occupation of Afghanistan and rhetoric that painted this occupation as a mission of liberation for Afghan women. The second case study explores the Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act, a Conservative piece of legislation that criminalized polygamy …
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Perceptions of Transportation Mobility Among Afghan Refugee Women
Already home to an established Afghan American community, the Washington D.C. metropolitan region has seen a further increase in the number of Afghan refugees since the Fall of Kabul in 2021. This study explores the perceptions of mobility among Afghan refugee women as they resettle in their new …
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President Joseph R. Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal Rhetoric: Scapegoating, American Exceptionalism, and Moral Injury
… the American “people” through scapegoating the Afghan people during the Afghanistan withdrawal from July 8 to August 31, 2021?” I have analyzed Biden’s speeches on the withdrawal, reactions to images of evacuations at the Kabul Airport, and public discourse on the “moral injury” of American …
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The Cultural Shaping of Depression: A Qualitative Investigation Into Afghan Women’s Perspectives on Depression
… services. Because little is known about Afghan refugee women’s conceptualization of depression, this study explores their conceptualization of depression and their help-seeking behaviours. First and second generation Afghan women were recruited to participate in focus groups and …
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Factors Influencing Female Labor Force Participation in Urban, Rural and Kuchi Regions of Afghanistan
… the female labor force participation rate of Afghan women over the last few decades. Then, the study investigates the factors that affect the activity status of women in the labor market, the number of weekly work hours of females, and the willingness of females to work more hours. Multinomial …