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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................4
A. Policy Recommendations ............................................................................................ 7
B. Legislative Recommendations ...................................................................................8
1. METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................................11
2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF WOMEN’S
MOVEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN. ................................................................................. 12
A.From Amanullah Khan to Mullah Mohammad Omar ....................................... 12
3. WOMEN AND THE POST-TALIBAN DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. ..................... 15
4. WOMEN LEGISLATION .............................................................................................. 17
5. LEGISLATIVE THEATRE: PLAYBAKC AND WORKSHOPS ........................... 20
6. ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATIVE THEATRE ACTIVITIES. .....................................23
A. Legal Awareness ...........................................................................................................23
B. Participation and Dialogue .......................................................................................25
C. Empowerment .............................................................................................................. 26
7. KEY FINDINGS ............................................................................................................. 28
A. Social Cleavages ........................................................................................................... 28
B. Women and their Challenges in the Public Sphere .......................................... 29
C. Afghan Women, Legislation and Traditional and Religious Leaders ......... 30
D. Afghan Women and the prospects for extremists gaining power ................ 31
8. CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................32
BIBLIOGRAPHY ...............................................................................................................34
AHRDO
Afghan Women after the Taliban: Will History Repeat Itself?
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