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

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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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: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS., 2017

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English

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9780520293199

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Wimpelmann, Torunn

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Kholif Basri

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https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43734

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