04003oam 22008774a 450 99633314720331620210915044727.00-520-96639-210.1525/luminos.32(CKB)3800000000216119(OAPEN)631933(DE-B1597)539742(DE-B1597)9780520966390(OCoLC)1087880531(MdBmJHUP)muse72968(ScCtBLL)50080b2f-68a9-46d4-96c4-5c4e5b3c23d8(EXLCZ)99380000000021611920170111h20172017 uy 0enguuuuu---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Pitfalls of ProtectionGender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan /Torunn WimpelmannOakland, CaliforniaUniversity of California Press20171 online resource (230)0-520-29319-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-206) and index.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?."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.Sex crimesAfghanistan21st centuryWomenViolence againstAfghanistan21st centuryWomen's rightsAfghanistan21st centuryWomenAfghanistanSocial conditions21st centuryAfghanistanPolitics and government21st centuryElectronic books. afghanistan.contemporary.court case.female issues.feminist studies.feminist.gender inequality.gender.global.government.injustice.international.justice system.justice.legal issues.middle east.modern world.politics.protection.rape.runaway.sexual violence.violence against women.violence.war on terror.women in afghanistan.womens issues.womens shelters.Sex crimesWomenViolence againstWomen's rightsWomenSocial conditions305.409581/0905Wimpelmann Torunn925016MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996333147203316The Pitfalls of Protection2427857UNISA