Western Gender Policies in Afghanistan
Failing Women and Provoking Men
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12319040 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Javed Bahri (Development Studies from York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 163-185 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender Technology and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0971-8524 • E-ISSN: 0973-0656 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0971852414529480 |
| OpenAlex | W2166701704 |
| Language | DE |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 14 |
Gender identities and politics have always been entangled with geopolitics in Afghanistan. Since 2001, when North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces ousted the Taliban government, a great deal of research on gender issues and the status of women has been done in Afghanistan. There is, however, a lack of research on how Afghan men themselves view these efforts to promote gender equality and women’s rights. Based on my primary research in Kabul around Afghan masculinity, I found that the efforts of the international community to promote gender equality and improve the conditions of women in Afghanistan have not worked. On the contrary, they have provoked even educated Afghan men into taking up more defensive and conservative positions, instead of convincing them that women deserve equal rights. I demonstrate that gender training since October 2001 has been geopolitical, economic, and social, employing Western notions of gender equality to Afghanistan with scant regard for their relevance in an economy of scarce jobs. This cultural insensitivity exhibited by the international community has contributed to the general disdain for gender equality and women’s rights among most Afghan men in Kabul
Afghan · Economic growth · Gender equality · Geopolitics · Government (linguistics · Masculinity · North Atlantic Treaty · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Treaty · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
Psychological health of Afghan refugees
My father told me ‘child, there is no son in this house, so you should wear these boy clothes’”
Gender, agency and decision making in community engagement
Diminished Quality of Life and Psychosocial Strain of Women Under the New Taliban Era
Ingos in Afghanistan
Segregated brotherhood
Insecurity and Support for Female Leadership in Conflict States
Theory of fertility decline
The Constitution of Afghanistan and Women’s Rights
The pendulum of gender politics in Afghanistan
Shoulder to Shoulder, Hand in Hand
The ‘Neo-Taliban’ and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
International Relations and Security Network
Post-Taliban Afghanistan
Western” Versus “Islamic” Human Rights Conceptions
Unfulfilled Promises
Adversarial Discourses, Analogous Objectives
Masculinities and Globalization
Mullahs, Martyrs, and Men
Bargaining With Patriarchy
Hegemonic Masculinity
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |