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 Politics of Protection, based on research conducted in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2015, locates the struggles over gender v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wimpelmann, Torunn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Temas:
2000-2099
Women > Afghanistan > Social conditions > 21st century.
Women's rights > Afghanistan > 21st century.
Women > Violence against > Afghanistan > 21st century.
Sex crimes > Afghanistan > 21st century.
Femmes > Afghānistān > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle.
Femmes > Droits > Afghānistān > 21e siècle.
Femmes > Violence envers > Afghānistān > 21e siècle.
Crimes sexuels > Afghānistān > 21e siècle.
Feminism and feminist theory.
History.
Humanities.
Regional and national history.
Social issues and processes.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Politics and government.
Sex crimes.
Women > Social conditions.
Women > Violence against.
Women's rights.
Afghanistan > Politics and government > 21st century.
Afghānistān > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siècle.
Afghanistan.
violence against women.
afghan women.
feminist politics.
afghanistan.
legal reform.
war on terror.
development aid.
mujahedin.
s movement.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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?

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