The Pitfalls of Protection: Gender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan by Torunn Wimpelmann
English | May 22, 2017 | ISBN: 0520293193 | 231 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
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.