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- The Pitfalls of Protection: Gender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan
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- 2017
- Published by: University of California Press
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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 Pitfalls 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.
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 Pitfalls 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.
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- PART I: Legal Regimes
- PART II: New Protection Mechanisms
- PART III: Individual Cases
- 5. Runaway Women
- pp. 131-151
- Conclusions: Protection at a Price?
- pp. 169-180
- References
- pp. 197-206
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520966390
Related ISBN(s)
9780520293199
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OCLC
1087880531
Pages
204
Launched on MUSE
2019-02-24
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY
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