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- Children of Afghanistan: The Path to Peace
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- 2014
- Published by: University of Texas Press
- Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
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A sweeping examination of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable individuals and the myriad of problems that confront them, Children of Afghanistan not only explores the host of crises that has led the United Nations to call the country “the worst place on earth to be born,” but also offers child-centered solutions to rebuilding the country.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-34
- PART 1. The Way We Were; The Way We’re Seen
- PART 2. Ties That Bind: The Family in Rebound
- PART 3. Survival by Any Means Possible
- 7. Confronting Child Labor
- pp. 127-142
- 9. Child Soldiering in Afghanistan
- pp. 153-169
- PART 4. To Be Whole in Mind and Body
- PART 5. Education: Nurturing the Future
- PART 6. Communicating Empowerment
- 19. The New Storytellers of Afghanistan
- pp. 298-310
- Epilogue: Imagining the Future
- pp. 323-336
- Selected Bibliography and Filmography
- pp. 337-342
- About the Contributors
- pp. 343-352
Additional Information
ISBN
9780292759329
Related ISBN(s)
9780292759312
MARC Record
OCLC
891286501
Pages
388
Launched on MUSE
2014-09-24
Language
English
Open Access
No
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