Bordering without men: an ethnography of daily life of Howraman women

Document Type : scientific

Authors

1 PhD Candidate in Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 PhD in Anthropology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
The opportunities and challenges of the border are more tied to women than it seems. Generally, border studies explore male activists, and border women have by and large been neglected. Howraman, as a border region, like other border regions of Kurdistan, has always faced opportunities and challenges. For example, in recent years, men from Iran's Howraman have been working as "migrant border workers" on a daily basis, away from their families in Iraqi Kurdistan. This paper aims at analyzing the daily life world of Hawrami border women, using the ethnographic method and based on the concepts of intersectionality. Paper recommends that the residents of the center of the country and in particular the academic community, need more knowledge about the different ways of life of border women. In order to pay more attention to their needs and wants in the process of  social development. This requires approaching the horizons of border women and paying attention to women's definitions of femininity, identity, discrimination and other daily concerns of border women who have to bear the heavy burden of life without the presence of men of the family most of the year.  The paper concludes that  the challenges facing daily life of  Howramani women act as barriers of  empowerment of both men and women So that,  it is not possible to solve the specific discriminations facing women alone because it is intricately intertwined with the discrimination against men.
 
 
 
 

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Volume 17, Issue 4
Winter 2024
Pages 29-51

  • Receive Date 07 February 2024
  • Accept Date 26 August 2024
  • First Publish Date 22 October 2024
  • Publish Date 22 October 2024