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  • Controlling Women, Controlling Society – Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

    Controlling Women, Controlling Society – Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

    In this post, Mira Mookerjee reflects on the Anthony Hyman Memorial Lecture Controlling women, controlling society: the politics of virtue in Afghanistan with Richard Bennett. Since the Taliban regained power in 2021, girls and women in Afghanistan have been unable to attend secondary school and higher education, making it the only country in the world to…

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    • Guest Editor Annamária Artner on New TWQ Special Issue

      Guest Editor Annamária Artner on New TWQ Special Issue

      The Third World Quarterly (TWQ) Special Issue ‘Emancipatory movements of the Global South in a changing world order’ (Volume 44, Issue 10) encompasses a broad spectrum in terms of space, time and issues. It deals with all parts of the Global South and raises economic, political, environmental and cultural questions; it looks back into the…