Rehana Wagha

War, Violence and Women's Agency in Pakistan

The Case of Swat

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the prominent features of gender ideology in Swat, Pakistan and how they influence the norms and forms of women's agency during conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781032661407
• ISBN-10: 1032661402
• Artikelnr.: 69433660

Autorenporträt

Rehana Wagha is currently a visiting lecturer at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan. She has been an active member of the South Asia Feminist Alliance (SAFA for ESCR) and Women's Action for Better Workplaces (WAction) and worked as a consultant with the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW). Her teaching and research interests include war, violence and women's agency, gendered dimensions of reconstruction and reconciliation, countering gender stereotypes and violent extremism, forced displacements, gender and society, and women's empowerment.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Women's Agency in Conflict: A Description of Theory and Methodology
2 An (Un)Gendered Political History of the Swat Region: The Arrival of the
Yousafzais, Religion, State-Building and the Rise of the Taliban
3 The Social Structure of the Swat Region: The Intersection of Religion,
Ethnicity, Class and Gender with Women's Agency
4 The Women of Swat in Conflict: In Between Victimhood and Agency
(2005-2007)
5 Women's Sufferings, Resistance and Resilience
Epilogue
Index