War, Violence and Women's Agency in Pakistan

ISBN-13: 9781032661407 / Twarda / 2024 / 160 str.

Pakistan) Wagha Islamabad Rehana (Quaid-i-Azam University

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of what happened in Swat, especially to women there, leading up to the takeover by the Pakistan Taliban in 2008-09. It is especially relevant today with the resurgence of the Afghan Taliban in Afghanistan."

--Professor Anita M. Weiss, University of Oregon, USA

 

"This book discusses the agency of Swat women during one of the most regressive phases of the Swat history when Taliban ruled this beautiful valley from 2005-2010. Moreover, it tells a fascinating story of how Swati women coped with the structural violence, were able to negotiate and use their agency which was ultimately manipulated by the militants as well." 

--Dr. Saeed Ahmed Rid, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Spis treści

1. Women’s agency in conflict: A description of theory and methodology;  2. (Un)Gendered Political History of Swat Region: Arrival of Yousafzais, Religion and State Building and the Rise of Taliban; 3. Social Structures of Swat Region: Intersection of Religion, Ethnicity, Class and Gender with Women’s Agency; 4. Women in Conflict: In-Between Victimhood and Agency (2005-2007); 5. Women’s Sufferings, Resistance and Resilience (2007-2009); 6. Epilogue; Index

O autorze

Rehana Wagha is currently a visiting lecturer at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan. She has been an active member of South Asia Feminist Alliance (SAFA for ESCR) and Women’s Action for Better Work Places (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 empowerment.