Torunn Wimpelmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 249577 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Torunn Wimpelmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Torunn |
| FAMILY NAME | Wimpelmann |
| SIGNATURE | WIMPELMANN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chr. Michelsen Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6927-2835 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ambiguous progress and evident disasters: Women on the bench in Afghanistan
This article aims to contribute to scholarship on gender representation in the judiciary. While an increase in female judges has generally been considered beneficial to women in terms of representation and outcomes, I argue that the case of Afghanistan during the 2001–21 period shows that boosting the number of female judges can both challenge and reinforce ideals of female seclusion. The latter happens when expectations that female judges should…
From Rwanda to Afghanistan - reflections on three decades of war and peacebuilding inspired by the work of Astri Suhrke
Making feminist (non) sense of war and gender in Afghanistan
There is no compulsion in marriage’ . Divorce and gendered change in Afghanistan during the Islamic Republic
With the Taliban takeover in August 2021, many both outside and inside Afghanistan voiced concern that the conditions of Afghan women would return to those of the 1990s, when the group was last in power.Yet the question of whether the intervening decades of Western-installed rule produced any meaningful improvements in women's status remains highly contested.This article explores the subject of gendered change during the Islamic Republic (2001-20…
Den feministiske krigen og dens ofre
Invasjonen av Afghanistan i 2001 ble delvis rettferdiggjort som en krig for å redde afghanske kvinner. Artikkelen viser hvordan denne – dypt problematiske – «feministiske» innrammingen av krigen på mange måter har overskygget for det som har funnet sted av betydelige fremskritt når det gjelder kvinners situasjon i perioden etter 2001. Videre utforsker jeg hvordan disse fremskrittene ble underkjent som så utbetydelige at de uten større konsekvense…
He Should Learn That He Cannot Get a Woman for Free: Male Elopers and Constructions of Masculinity in the Afghan Justice System
This article explores constructions of gender, masculinity, and class in moral crimes prosecutions, and their legal aftermaths in Afghanistan. It argues that the lack of attention to men in advocacy and research about moral crimes, while reflecting a (geo-) politicized conflation of gender with women, constitute both an empirical and an analytical oversight. The first part of the article discusses the legal grounds for the prosecution of men for …
The Pitfalls of Protection: Gender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan
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…
One step forward and many to the side: Combating gender violence in Afghanistan, 2001–2014
Nexuses of knowledge and power in Afghanistan: The rise and fall of the informal justice assemblage
This article explores Western attempts to strengthen mechanisms of informal justice in Afghanistan. It traces the origins and evolution of an ‘informal justice assemblage’: the constellation of specific expert discourses, institutional practices, and strategic considerations that made it possible and plausible that Western actors should promote and work with informal processes of justice. The article problematizes expert statements that posit tha…
The Pitfalls of Protection: Gender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan
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…
Nexuses of knowledge and power in Afghanistan: The rise and fall of the informal justice assemblage
This article explores Western attempts to strengthen mechanisms of informal justice in Afghanistan. It traces the origins and evolution of an ‘informal justice assemblage’: the constellation of specific expert discourses, institutional practices, and strategic considerations that made it possible and plausible that Western actors should promote and work with informal processes of justice. The article problematizes expert statements that posit tha…
One step forward and many to the side: Combating gender violence in Afghanistan, 2001–2014
There is no compulsion in marriage’ . Divorce and gendered change in Afghanistan during the Islamic Republic
With the Taliban takeover in August 2021, many both outside and inside Afghanistan voiced concern that the conditions of Afghan women would return to those of the 1990s, when the group was last in power.Yet the question of whether the intervening decades of Western-installed rule produced any meaningful improvements in women's status remains highly contested.This article explores the subject of gendered change during the Islamic Republic (2001-20…
He Should Learn That He Cannot Get a Woman for Free: Male Elopers and Constructions of Masculinity in the Afghan Justice System
This article explores constructions of gender, masculinity, and class in moral crimes prosecutions, and their legal aftermaths in Afghanistan. It argues that the lack of attention to men in advocacy and research about moral crimes, while reflecting a (geo-) politicized conflation of gender with women, constitute both an empirical and an analytical oversight. The first part of the article discusses the legal grounds for the prosecution of men for …
Den feministiske krigen og dens ofre
Invasjonen av Afghanistan i 2001 ble delvis rettferdiggjort som en krig for å redde afghanske kvinner. Artikkelen viser hvordan denne – dypt problematiske – «feministiske» innrammingen av krigen på mange måter har overskygget for det som har funnet sted av betydelige fremskritt når det gjelder kvinners situasjon i perioden etter 2001. Videre utforsker jeg hvordan disse fremskrittene ble underkjent som så utbetydelige at de uten større konsekvense…
Nexuses of knowledge and power in Afghanistan: The rise and fall of the informal justice assemblage
This article explores Western attempts to strengthen mechanisms of informal justice in Afghanistan. It traces the origins and evolution of an ‘informal justice assemblage’: the constellation of specific expert discourses, institutional practices, and strategic considerations that made it possible and plausible that Western actors should promote and work with informal processes of justice. The article problematizes expert statements that posit tha…
One step forward and many to the side: Combating gender violence in Afghanistan, 2001–2014
The Pitfalls of Protection: Gender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan
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…
He Should Learn That He Cannot Get a Woman for Free: Male Elopers and Constructions of Masculinity in the Afghan Justice System
This article explores constructions of gender, masculinity, and class in moral crimes prosecutions, and their legal aftermaths in Afghanistan. It argues that the lack of attention to men in advocacy and research about moral crimes, while reflecting a (geo-) politicized conflation of gender with women, constitute both an empirical and an analytical oversight. The first part of the article discusses the legal grounds for the prosecution of men for …
Den feministiske krigen og dens ofre
Invasjonen av Afghanistan i 2001 ble delvis rettferdiggjort som en krig for å redde afghanske kvinner. Artikkelen viser hvordan denne – dypt problematiske – «feministiske» innrammingen av krigen på mange måter har overskygget for det som har funnet sted av betydelige fremskritt når det gjelder kvinners situasjon i perioden etter 2001. Videre utforsker jeg hvordan disse fremskrittene ble underkjent som så utbetydelige at de uten større konsekvense…
There is no compulsion in marriage’ . Divorce and gendered change in Afghanistan during the Islamic Republic
With the Taliban takeover in August 2021, many both outside and inside Afghanistan voiced concern that the conditions of Afghan women would return to those of the 1990s, when the group was last in power.Yet the question of whether the intervening decades of Western-installed rule produced any meaningful improvements in women's status remains highly contested.This article explores the subject of gendered change during the Islamic Republic (2001-20…
From Rwanda to Afghanistan - reflections on three decades of war and peacebuilding inspired by the work of Astri Suhrke
Making feminist (non) sense of war and gender in Afghanistan
Ambiguous progress and evident disasters: Women on the bench in Afghanistan
This article aims to contribute to scholarship on gender representation in the judiciary. While an increase in female judges has generally been considered beneficial to women in terms of representation and outcomes, I argue that the case of Afghanistan during the 2001–21 period shows that boosting the number of female judges can both challenge and reinforce ideals of female seclusion. The latter happens when expectations that female judges should…
Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (9 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Afghan (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)