Equal Rights, Unequal Opportunities: Women's Participation in Afghanistan's Parliamentary and Provincial Council Elections

Author: Oliver Lough, Farokhloqa Amini, Farid Ahmad Bayat, Zia Hussain, Reyhaneh Gulsum Hussaini Massouda Kohistani, and Chona E. Echavez
Document source:

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
Date:
March 2012

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Author

Oliver Lough, Farokhloqa Amini, Farid Ahmad Bayat, Zia Hussain, Reyhaneh Gulsum Hussaini Massouda Kohistani, and Chona E. Echavez

Title

Equal Rights, Unequal Opportunities: Women's Participation in Afghanistan's Parliamentary and Provincial Council Elections

Document source

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

Date

March 2012

Document type

Country Reports

Collection

Research & Reports

Country

Afghanistan

Keywords

Elections

Equal opportunities

Gender discrimination

Good governance

Political groups

Political parties

Political situation

Women's rights

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