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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 violenc...
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oapen-20.500.12657-437342023-02-01T09:33:52Z The Pitfalls of Protection Wimpelmann, Torunn History General History Historical Geography Social Science General bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTP Historical geography bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general 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. Torunn Wimpelmann finds that aid flows and geopolitics have served as both opportunities for 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, this book examines both the achievements and the limits of this strategy. 2020-12-15T13:53:53Z 2020-12-15T13:53:53Z 2017 book 9780520293199 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43734 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf University of California Press University of California Press 10.1525/luminos.32 631933.0 10.1525/luminos.32 72f3a53e-04bb-4d73-b921-22a29d903b3b b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780520293199 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) University of California Press Knowledge Unlatched open access |
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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. Torunn Wimpelmann finds that aid flows and geopolitics have served as both opportunities for 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, this book examines both the achievements and the limits of this strategy. |
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