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Coffee Hour to examine Afghan women’s activism, international intervention

Jennifer L. Fluri, professor and chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Penn State alum, will examine international interventions in Afghanistan focused on increasing women’s rights and discuss their successes and failures during a talk at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 18. Credit: University of Colorado BoulderAll Rights Reserved.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The United States led a 20-year international effort in Afghanistan focused on increasing women’s rights. These efforts centered around projects and programs such as educational opportunities, job skills training and political participation. Jennifer L. Fluri, professor and chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Penn State alumnus, will examine these interventions and discuss their successes and failures during a talk at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 18.

The talk will be broadcast via Zoom.

Fluri is a feminist political geographer whose research examines conflict, gender, geopolitics, international aid and economic development in Afghanistan. She has published more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and several co-authored books. In 2017, she and Rachel Lehr co-authored “The Carpetbaggers of Kabul and Other American-Afghan Entanglements,” published by the University of Georgia Press. She has also given a TEDx-Mile High talk based on her research and was interviewed for the Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society podcast “Ask a Feminist.”  Fluri graduated from Penn State with her master's degree in geography in 2001 and her doctorate in geography and women’s studies in 2005.

Fluri’s talk is part of the spring 2022 Coffee Hour seminar series hosted by Penn State’s Department of Geography.

Last Updated March 14, 2022

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