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   Feminist-Nation Building in Afghanistan: An Examination of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)

   Fluri, Jennifer. 2008. "Feminist-Nation Building in Afghanistan: An Examination of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)." Feminist Review 89 (1): 34-54.

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   Topics: Citizenship, Civil Society, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Governance, Nationalism, Political Participation, Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan Keywords: feminist, nation-building, reconstruction, governance

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   From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis

   Cockburn, Cynthia. 2007. From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis. New York: Zed Books.

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   Topics: Armed Conflict, Civil Society, Class, Ethnicity, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gender Analysis, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militarism, Nonviolence, Peacebuilding, Political Participation, Race, Terrorism, Violence Regions: Africa, West Africa, Americas, North America, South America, Asia, South Asia, Europe, Western Europe Countries: Colombia, India, Sierra Leone, United States of America

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   Feminist Nation-Building in Afghanistan: An Examination of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)

   Fluri, Jennifer L. 2011. “Feminist Nation-Building in Afghanistan: An Examination of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).” In The Women, Gender & Development Reader, edited by Nalini Visvanathan, Lynn Duggan, Nan Wiegersma, and Laurie Nisonoff, 425-31. London: Zed Books.

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   Topics: Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Nationalism, Political Participation, Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: Afghanistan Keywords: feminist nationalism, resistance, Afghanistan, counter-patriarchy

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   Engendering Grassroots Democracy: Research, Training, and Networking for Women in Local Self-Governance in India

   Sekhon, Joti. 2006. “Engendering Grassroots Democracy: Research, Training, and Networking for Women in Local Self-Governance in India.” NWSA Journal 18 (2): 101–22. doi:10.1353/nwsa.2006.0041.

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   Topics: Caste, Class, Democracy / Democratization, Education, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Governance, Elections, Political Participation Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: feminist politics, grassroots democracy, participatory democracy, women in politics, women's community-based activism, women and political participation in India, women in panchayati raj or local self-governance in India, feminist networks, gender and grassroots politics

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   Explaining Women's Legislative Representation in Sub-Saharan Africa

   Yoon, Mi Yung. 2004. “Explaining Women’s Legislative Representation in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 29 (3): 447–68. doi:10.3162/036298004X201258.

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   Topics: Democracy / Democratization, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Governance, Quotas, Elections, Political Participation Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa

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   Seeking a Feminist Politics for the Middle East after September 11

   Afary, Janet. 2007. “Seeking a Feminist Politics for the Middle East after September 11.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 4 (1): 1–31.

   Topics: Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Political Participation Regions: MENA, Asia, Middle East

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   Fused in Combat: Gender Relations and Armed Conflict

   El-Bushra, Judy. 2003. “Fused in Combat: Gender Relations and Armed Conflict.” Development in Practice 13 (2-3): 252-265.

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   Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Political Participation Keywords: gender relations, gender identity, political participation, gender roles

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   Dispersed Nationalism: War, Diaspora And Kurdish Women’s Organizing

   Mojab, Shahrzad, and Rachel Gorman. 2007. “Dispersed Nationalism: War, Diaspora And Kurdish Women’s Organizing.” Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies 3 (1, Special Issue: Transnational Theory, National Politics, and Gender in the Contemporary Middle East / North Africa): 58–85.

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   Topics: Armed Conflict, Civil Society, Displacement & Migration, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Nationalism, NGOs, Political Participation Regions: MENA, Asia, Middle East Countries: Iraq Keywords: nationalism, diaspora

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   Studying Oil, Islam, and Women as If Political Institutions Mattered

   Kang, Alice. 2009. “Studying Oil, Islam, and Women as If Political Institutions Mattered.” Politics & Gender 5 (4): 560-568. doi:10.1017/S1743923X09990377.

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   Topics: Economies, Extractive Industries, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Quotas, Livelihoods, Political Participation, Religion, Rights, Women's Rights

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    The Delta Creeks, Women’s Engagement and Nigeria’s Oil Insurgency

    Oriola, T. 2012. “The Delta Creeks, Women’s Engagement and Nigeria’s Oil Insurgency.” British Journal of Criminology 52 (3): 534–55. doi:10.1093/bjc/azs009.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Combatants, Female Combatants, Development, Economies, Extractive Industries, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Non-State Armed Groups, Multi-National Corporations, Political Participation, Weapons /Arms Regions: Africa, West Africa Countries: Nigeria Keywords: Niger Delta, insurgency, oil struggle, Nigerian women, Niger Delta creeks

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