This paper considers the relevance and applicability of CEDAW in Afghanistan and uses personal interviews with key Afghan and international actors to reflect on the context and framework for understanding the challenges and opportunities that exist for the implementation of CEDAW in contemporary Afghanistan. Starting with an introduction to CEDAW, it traces the Convention’s history in Afghanistan leading to its ratification without reservations in 2003 in order to argue that the application of CEDAW in Afghanistan is threatened by conservative forces who perceive it as an element of international efforts to ‘westernize’ Afghanistan and undermine its unique cultural and religious heritage, particularly vis-à-vis traditional gender roles and ...
During the twenty years of war in Afghanistan much attention was focussed on the issue of female hum...
During the twenty years of war in Afghanistan much attention was focussed on the issue of female hum...
Afghan women have traditionally been excluded from the public sphere, but have recently emerged as a...
This paper considers the relevance and applicability of CEDAW in Afghanistan and uses personal inter...
THESIS ABSTRACT In this thesis, I attempt to identify major obstacles that are challenging the im...
This thesis addresses the question of what constitutes the basis rights of Afghan woman, in the area...
Gender issues are becoming politicized to the detriment of women in contexts where armed interventio...
Serious concerns on the rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls have been raised ever since the Tali...
Serious concerns on the rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls have been raised ever since the Tali...
Serious concerns on the rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls have been raised ever since the Tali...
Serious concerns on the rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls have been raised ever since the Tali...
Serious concerns on the rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls have been raised ever since the Tali...
Ten years on from the start of the western intervention in Afghanistan, Afghan women are facing an u...
This paper will discuss how Afghan women, as diverse groups, exercised autonomy and agency in diaspo...
During the twenty years of war in Afghanistan much attention was focussed on the issue of female hum...
During the twenty years of war in Afghanistan much attention was focussed on the issue of female hum...
During the twenty years of war in Afghanistan much attention was focussed on the issue of female hum...
Afghan women have traditionally been excluded from the public sphere, but have recently emerged as a...
This paper considers the relevance and applicability of CEDAW in Afghanistan and uses personal inter...
THESIS ABSTRACT In this thesis, I attempt to identify major obstacles that are challenging the im...
This thesis addresses the question of what constitutes the basis rights of Afghan woman, in the area...
Gender issues are becoming politicized to the detriment of women in contexts where armed interventio...
Serious concerns on the rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls have been raised ever since the Tali...
Serious concerns on the rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls have been raised ever since the Tali...
Serious concerns on the rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls have been raised ever since the Tali...
Serious concerns on the rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls have been raised ever since the Tali...
Serious concerns on the rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls have been raised ever since the Tali...
Ten years on from the start of the western intervention in Afghanistan, Afghan women are facing an u...
This paper will discuss how Afghan women, as diverse groups, exercised autonomy and agency in diaspo...
During the twenty years of war in Afghanistan much attention was focussed on the issue of female hum...
During the twenty years of war in Afghanistan much attention was focussed on the issue of female hum...
During the twenty years of war in Afghanistan much attention was focussed on the issue of female hum...
Afghan women have traditionally been excluded from the public sphere, but have recently emerged as a...