The Pitfalls of Protection

At free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s open access publishing program. Visit  www.luminosoa.org  to learn more. 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 an