Summary of Protecting skilled Afghan women: Brain save and the politics of vulnerability

Considering the Afghan evacuation of 2021 and its aftermath, this article suggests the term ‘brain save’ to characterise emerging protection discourses and practices concerning the resettlement of skilled women refugees.

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