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050			_aPamphlet HQ1236.5. _bA3. _cS45 2012
245	0	0	_aSeizing the vote : _bwomen’s political participation in Afghanistan / _cOpen Society Afghanistan.
260			_aKabul, Afghanistan : _bThe women and Children’s Legal Research Foundation, _c2012.
300			_a61 pages : _bcolor charts ; _c21 cm.
500			_aCover title. “June 2012”. “Open Society Afghanistan = جامعه باز افغانستان”—cover page.
504			_6Includes bibliographical references.
505			_aContents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Context—3. Methodology—4. Findings—5. Conclusion and recommendations—References—List of tables.
520			_aSummary: “While Afghan women had gradually gained modest politi8cal rights during the 20th century, this trend was abruptly halted in the 1990s when the Mujahideen, and then later the Taliban, came to power. That decade saw a violent interruption in women’s political participation. Women’s right to vote, first granted in 1965, was restored when women and men both went to the polls in 2004 in the country’s first presidential elections of the post-Taliban governments. Since then, three more elections were…”—(page 7).
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650		0	_aWomen _z Afghanistan.
650		0	_aWomen's rights _z Afghanistan.
650		0	_aWomen _x Political activity _z Afghanistan.
650		0	_aWomen _x Government policy _z Afghanistan.
650		0	_aLeadership in women _z Afghanistan.
650		0	_aElections _z Afghanistan _y History.
650		0	_aVoting _z Afghanistan.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _x Politics and government _y 2001-.
710	1		_aThe women and Children’s Legal Research Foundation.
710	1		_aOpen Society Afghanistan.
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