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Record Nr.

UNINA9910219866103321

Autore

Wimpelmann Torunn

Titolo

The Pitfalls of Protection : Gender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan / / Torunn Wimpelmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California, : University of California Press, 2017

ISBN

0-520-96639-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230)

Disciplina

305.409581/0905

Soggetti

Sex crimes - Afghanistan - 21st century

Women - Violence against - Afghanistan - 21st century

Women's rights - Afghanistan - 21st century

Women - Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century

Electronic books.

Afghanistan Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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?.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.