Blind Chickens & Social Animals: Creating Spaces for Afghan Women's Narratives Under the Taliban

by Anna M. Pont

This book investigates local female interpretations of their own situation and capures the voices and concerns of Afghan women who discuss their ideas on education, healthcare, access to information, how they spend their days, and anxieties about feeding their families. It reveals the complex heterogeneous nature of womens' position in Afghanistan today and their awakening to the wider world beyond their rural villages -- It culminates 3 years of research by interviews, project discussions and activities with women in southern Afghanistan and the refugee villages in Pakistan. --It is one of the few current books available on Afghan women.

133 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2001

Reviews

[Nina]

Research carried out specifically in Helmand, Pakistan and Kandahar in the first DfA regime. Interesting if you work in these regions or are new to Afghanistan. But is read more as research rather than a story!