ISBN:
9780520942172
,
0520942175
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (257 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig What Kind of Liberation? : Women and the Occupation of Iraq
DDC:
305.488927567090511
Keywords:
Women Social conditions
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Iraq
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Women's rights Iraq
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Women Political activity
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Iraq
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 Women
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Iraq
;
Women Political activity
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 Women
;
Women Social conditions
;
Women's rights
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
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HISTORY ; Middle East ; General
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Women
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Women ; Political activity
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Women ; Social conditions
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Women's rights
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Golfoorlog (2003)
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Bezettingen
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Vrouwen
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Frau
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Soziale Situation
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Jämställhet ; mänskliga rättigheter ; Irak ; 2000-talet
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Polisk verksamhet
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Representation
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Feminism
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Kvinnorörelsen
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Frau
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Kvinnors rättigheter ; Irak
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Kvinnor i politiken ; Irak
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Irakkriget 2003- ; genusaspekter
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Irak
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Irak ; historia ; 2000-talet
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Iraq
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Irak
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that America's interest was in liberation--especially for women. The first book to examine how Iraqi women have fared since the invasion, What Kind of Liberation? reports from the heart of the war zone with dire news of scarce resources, growing unemployment, violence, and seclusion. Moreover, the book exposes the gap between rhetoric that placed women center stage and the present reality of their diminishing roles in the "new Iraq." Based on interviews with Iraqi women's rights activists, international policy makers, and N
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