tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post7027041903978423117..comments2023-10-16T05:38:36.161-04:00Comments on Making a home in Kabul: 15 guidelines for int'l development/peacekeepersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-50094966630959458002007-04-06T12:02:00.000-04:002007-04-06T12:02:00.000-04:00I wouldn't say 'little way', I told a friend of mi...I wouldn't say 'little way', I told a friend of mine yesterday that hearing about your work gives me hope for international development - it is so hard to be jaded. <BR/><BR/>I commented on your post - we agree...homeinkabulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119470533196863333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742175.post-38497487414572159212007-04-05T23:32:00.000-04:002007-04-05T23:32:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting these - they are just right for...Thanks for posting these - they are just right for various strands of thought I have at the moment. I may have to use them as the basis for a post of my own... <BR/><BR/>This week in Herat/Badghis the police are investigating three murders of women where the prime suspects are male family members and there have been five reported suicides (four self-immolations and one drowning). I feel sad. But determined to keep fighting for a greater focus on gender-mainstreaming within my own organisation. I'm fighting the bureaucracy in my own little way, I guess.<BR/><BR/>BTW I have strong feelings about the "Western feminists save oppressed Muslim women" syndrome. I see a kind of "demonisation" of the Muslim man that goes alongside the "victimisation" of the Muslim woman in the minds of many Westerners and I find it offensive - as a Western pseudo-Buddhist feminist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com