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Nancy Gallagher-Stories from Afghanistan.mp4
Rumi ForumThe talk will focus on Kabul-based NGOs that focus on women's education, microfinance, and vocational skills. The U.S. hoped for a rapid success in Afghanistan, with girls returning to school and women to universities. Microfinance "targeted" at women would jumpstart the economy. Yet nearly a decade after the fall of the Taliban, conditions were deterioratingDr. Nancy Gallagher is chair of the Middle East Studies Program and Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is currently teaching at UCDC, the University of California's program in Washington D.C. She visitRead moreShow less
The talk will focus on Kabul-based NGOs that focus on women's education, microfinance, and vocational skills. The U.S. hoped for a rapid success in Afghanistan, with girls returning to school and women to universities. Microfinance "targeted" at women would jumpstart the economy. Yet nearly a decade after the fall of the Taliban, conditions were deterioratingDr. Nancy Gallagher is chair of the Middle East Studies Program and Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is currently teaching at UCDC, the University of California's program in Washington D.C. She visited Afghanistan in 2008 with a delegation of women interested in NGOs and has written a history of microfinance endeavors in Afghanistan.
