Title: Afghan values or women's rights? : gendered narratives about continuity and change in urban Afghanistan

Authors: Kabeer, Naila and Khan, Ayesha and Adlparvar, Naysan

Place: Brighton [etc.]

Publisher: University of Sussex. Institute of development studies (IDS)

Year: 2011

Journal: IDS working paper

Volume: no. 387

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women, women's rights, cultural research, gender, urban areas, afghanistan

Abstract: There is very little research on how ordinary Afghan women view their lives and their place within a highly patriarchal society and how their views might fit into these debates. This paper explores these issues using in-depth qualitative interviews with Hazara women and their husbands in Kabul.

URL: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/pdf/Outputs/WomenEmp/IDSwp387.pdf

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