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Author Wimpelmann, Torunn, author.

Title The pitfalls of protection : gender, violence and power in Afghanistan / Torunn Wimpelmann.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
©2017

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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the politics of violence against women -- Part I. Legal regimes. Intrusions, invasions and interventions : histories of gender, justice and governance in Afghanistan. "Good women have no need for this law" : the battles over the Law on Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW). -- Part II. New protection mechanisms. Brokers of justice : the special prosecution unit for crimes of violence against women in Kabul. With a little help from the war on terror : the women's shelters -- Part III. Individual cases. Runaway women. Upholding citizen honor? : Rape in the courts and beyond -- Conclusions : protection at a price?
Summary "Since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, violence against women has emerged as the single most important issue for Afghan gender politics. The Politics of Protection, based on research conducted in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2015, locates the struggles over gender violence in local and global power configurations. The author finds that aid flows and geopolitics have served as both opportunities and obstacles to feminist politics in Afghanistan. Showing why Afghan activists often chose to use the leverage of Western powers instead of entering into either protracted negotiations with powerful national actors or broad political mobilization, the book examines both the achievements and the limits of this strategy."--Provided by publisher
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Language English.
Access Open Access EbpS
Subject Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Women's rights -- Afghanistan -- 21st century.
Women -- Violence against -- Afghanistan -- 21st century.
Sex crimes -- Afghanistan -- 21st century.
Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Femmes -- Afghnistn -- Conditions sociales -- 21e siècle.
Femmes -- Droits -- Afghnistn -- 21e siècle.
Femmes -- Violence envers -- Afghnistn -- 21e siècle.
Violence sexuelle -- Afghnistn -- 21e siècle.
Afghnistn -- Politique et gouvernement -- 21e siècle.
Feminism and feminist theory.
History.
Humanities.
Regional and national history.
Social issues and processes.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
Politics and government
Sex crimes
Women -- Social conditions
Women -- Violence against
Women's rights
Afghanistan
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Indexed Term violence against women.
afghan women.
feminist politics.
afghanistan.
legal reform.
war on terror.
development aid.
mujahedin.
s movement.
Other Form: Print version: Wimpelmann, Torunn. Pitfalls of protection. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520293199 (DLC) 2017001096
ISBN 0520966392
9780520966390 (electronic bk.)
9780520293199 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0520293193
9780520293182
0520293185
Standard No. 10.1525/luminos.32 doi
AU@ 000059543625
GBVCP 1014944864

 
    
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