The Pitfalls of Protection : Gender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan / / Torunn Wimpelmann.
"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 v...
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| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (230) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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?.