Title: A matter of interests : gender and the politics of presence in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga

Authors: Wordsworth, Anna

Place: Kabul

Publisher: Afghanistan research and evaluation unit (AREU)

Year: 2007

Journal: Issues paper series / Afghanistan research and evaluation unit

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women, political participation, political representation, women in politics, afghanistan

Abstract: This study assesses why the representation of women's interests remains minimal in spite of women's sizeable presence in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga and makes suggestions as to how women's gender interests may be raised within parliament.

URL: http://www.areu.org.af/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=&task=doc_download&gid=518

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