Gender and International Aid in Afghanistan

The Politics and Effects of Intervention
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7864-4519-6
Verlag: McFarland & Company

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

Afghanistan has become home to one of the largest gender-focused aid interventions in the aftermath of 9/11, with foreign aid agencies using Afghani women as a barometer of social change and political progress. Through the lens of gendered aid intervention, this book seeks to understand how the promise of freedom has largely fallen short. Topics include: the tenuous relationship between social indicators and aid dynamics; the advancing of the gender agenda through Afghanistan's 2005 parliamentary elections; and, the journey from policy formulation to interpretation to implementation through the voices of policy-makers, policy implementers, NGO leaders, and Afghanistan specialists. The final chapter highlights the voices of Afghan women and men.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abirafeh, Lina

Über Autor(innen)

Lina Abirafeh has worked in gender and development in a variety of countries and contexts, most recently in Papua New Guinea. She has published widely on her experiences.