A matter of interests : gender and the politics of presence in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga / Anna Wordsworth.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Kabul, Afghanistan : Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 2007.Description: viii, 44 pages : color illustrations, map ; 28 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet HQ 1075.5 . A3 .
Contents:
Contents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Methodology—3. Background : women’s political participation in Afghanistan, 1964-2005—4. Women’s participation : the current context—5. Parliamentary affiliations : the articulation of collective interests—6. The role of representation : “constituency” and its connotations—7. Executive indifference and intervention—8. International assistance—9. Conclusions and ways forward—References—Recent publications from AREU.
Summary: Summary: “This paper contends that, in spite of women’s sizable presence in Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga, the representation of women’s gender interests remains minimal. This is not to say that their political influence has not increased over the last 18 months, but rather that women have not generally used this newfound influence to promote their gendered interests. The purpose of this study is to assess why this might be the case, and to suggest ways in which these interests might be more substantively raised in the future…”—(page vii).

June 2007--t.p.
“June 2007”.
“Funding for this research was provided by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DfID)”—title page.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-42).

DS371.4.(Issues paper series (Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit)

Contents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Methodology—3. Background : women’s political participation in Afghanistan, 1964-2005—4. Women’s participation : the current context—5. Parliamentary affiliations : the articulation of collective interests—6. The role of representation : “constituency” and its connotations—7. Executive indifference and intervention—8. International assistance—9. Conclusions and ways forward—References—Recent publications from AREU.

Summary: “This paper contends that, in spite of women’s sizable presence in Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga, the representation of women’s gender interests remains minimal. This is not to say that their political influence has not increased over the last 18 months, but rather that women have not generally used this newfound influence to promote their gendered interests. The purpose of this study is to assess why this might be the case, and to suggest ways in which these interests might be more substantively raised in the future…”—(page vii).