Embroidering within boundaries: Afghan women creating a future

Imran, Muhammad; Hart, Jonathan

doi:10.1080/13530194.2018.1549003

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“…Eco-feminism is of the view that women naturally have a pro-environmental attitude (Imran and Hart 2019 ). Therefore, the discussion shows that they own every relation faithfully by nature so is the case with plantation.…”

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Environment, Islam, and women: a study of eco-feminist environmental activism in Pakistan

Haq¹,

Imran

Ahmad³

et al. 2020

Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education

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This study aimed to discuss a better understanding of existing levels of Islamic environmental behavior in the perspective of eco-feminist environmental activism in Pakistan with the analysis of existing literature, media reports, NGOs’ environmental movements, and the environmental activists’ campaigns. Women, in the world generally and Pakistan particularly, have the most appropriate pro-environmental behavior concerning the cultural eco-feminist dimensions. This study will address the radical reasons for climate change as demographic changes, deforestation, pollution, and population growth along with their solutions from the Islamic perspective. Women as the ecofeminism activists must be the part of policy matters and their implementation structure as the first-hand companions of nature and social culture.

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Environment, Islam, and women: a study of eco-feminist environmental activism in Pakistan

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Imran

Ahmad³

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“…The stereotyped depiction of Afghanistani women through media discourses within and outside Afghanistan often leads toward drawing rapid conclusions and a negative portrayal of the culture and society in Afghanistan. However, some international Afghan writers, like Asne Seierstad, Maryam Mehboob, and Khaled Hosseini, are among those diasporas who, through storytelling, have suggested that Afghan women are emerging, resisting, and reinventing themselves beneath the burden of marginalization and being submissive (Imran and Hart, 2018 ). Through storytelling, these diasporic writers bridge the gap between the realities faced by Afghan women and their stereotyped projection as well as their position in the social and cultural status of Afghanistan.…”

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Khaled Hosseini's women as modern archetypes: A study of obedient, resistant and empowered Afghan women

Imran

Ismail

2022

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This article focuses on Khaled Hosseini's use of the analogy of women as obedient, resistant, and empowered as modern archetypes who learn of the gendered oppression that works through their bodies. Khaled Hosseini, through his writings, lends voice and offers moral encouragement to women by crafting resistant, rebellious, empowered, and strong female characters. With theoretical support from Johnson's Patriarchal Terrorism and Spivak's Can the subaltern speak, this article traces how Hosseini interrogates the patriarchal hierarchies that encompass women's identity in Afghanistan. Women's sufferings correlate with the country's overall circumstances, particularly during and after the war, on the terror regime. Therefore, women's endurance and Afghanistan's endurance amid hostile and oppressive circumstances become equally imperative for Hosseini's works. This article finds that Hosseini correlates Afghan women's issues like tradition and modernity, women and Islam, mother and daughter relationship, resistance and rebellion, and their quest for change and empowerment with the war on terror, foreign invasions, and the rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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“…Mostly, females continue to be demoted socially and put aside from the community environmental education (Alam, 2017; Chifamba, 2013; Roy, 2014). Furthermore, previous studies suggest that women’s participation in many types of research is measured by the numerical strength in Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) programs, and activities in institutions and organizations where lesser attention is paid to women’s lived experiences (Imran & Hart, 2019; Mai et al, 2011; Sultana, 2014). Therefore, this article is an attempt to analyze the emerging female voices from Pakistan to promote environmental education and women’s empowerment.…”

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Environmental Education and Women: Voices From Pakistan

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This article aims at investigating the relevance of a gender perspective in societies where women are mainly responsible for the household and childcare. For this purpose, the activities of two environmental and women’s empowerment–related nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from Pakistan, Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) and Aurat (woman) Foundation, have been investigated with the help of a case study methodology. Semi-structured interviews have been conducted with 12 females. Through a feminist approach, this study analyzes the goals, scope, and programs of the selected NGOs in environmental education, ecofeminism, and women’s empowerment. Empirical results suggest that when a woman is environmental-aware, she has the potential to make more sustainable choices, and thus educate other members of the family.

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Embroidering within boundaries: Afghan women creating a future

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Environment, Islam, and women: a study of eco-feminist environmental activism in Pakistan

Environment, Islam, and women: a study of eco-feminist environmental activism in Pakistan

Khaled Hosseini's women as modern archetypes: A study of obedient, resistant and empowered Afghan women

Environmental Education and Women: Voices From Pakistan

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