Broadcasting Silence: The Role of Media in Shaping the Politics of Women’s Education in Afghanistan
I am Haya Al-Mohanandi a senior in the class of 2024 at Georgetown University Qatar, and I chose “Broadcasting Silence: The Role of Media in Shaping the Politics of Women’s Education in Afghanistan,” as a topic for my CMAP, Mentored by Professor Yehia Mohamed. This important study begins a journey in which it will seek to uncover the difficult place the media have adopted, through their frame construction of narratives on women’s education and Afghanistan’s unpredictable political environments. This research work will examine how the media has been representing Afghan women’s education by looking into local and international news, as well as divergent comparisons that point out very different disparities or even relationships that have contributed either to slowing down or moving forward in educational progress. It aims to demonstrate the exceptional significance that comes with different media stories through specific examples of cases that have had an impact on diplomatic channels, pressures, public opinion, and political reform catalysts. Media as a critical connector between politics and societal norms is focused upon in this work; a channel that promotes and sometimes constrains feminist educational initiatives among Afghan females, thus influencing the lives of many individuals and an entire nation.
Faculty Mentor: Prof. Yehia A. Mohamed
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