Cuerpos femeninos en Afganistan: territorios de inseguridades y resistencias

In the wake of the invasion of Afghanistan by the coalition led by the US-led NATO coalition, female bodies have been explicitly used to legitimize the war on the basis of rhetoric concerning women’s liberation from Taliban domination. Currently, the postwar setting shows increasing levels of insecurities for women as misogyny practices have been institutionalized, directly related to the current political situation. Based on previous research, this article aims at exploring, from Gender Studies, the territories of insecurities and the scenarios of bodily resistance of women in the “post-war” scenario in Afghanistan. The text deals with a brief history of the political context, then it explores the insecurities experienced by the female body and, finally, it seeks to understand theemotional and physical aspects of female resistances in this country.