Jamaat-e-Islami Women in Pakistan
Jamaat-e-Islami Women in Pakistan

Author: Amina Jamal

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2013-11-27

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0815652372

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This book critically examines the feminization of the Jamaat-e-Islami, a major movement for Islamic renewal and reform in South Asia. Through an ethnographic and textual study of Jamaat women elected to local, provincial, and national bodies in Pakistan from 2002 to 2008, Jamal draws attention to the cultural-political forces that enabled these women to become influential within the party and in Pakistan’s major urban centers of Karachi and Lahore. Jamal situates Jamaat women within Islamic modernism without reifying them as either pious agents reacting to state-imposed modernization or gendered citizens who use Islam for class-based instrumental ends. Jamaat women are represented as subjects who move in many directions by acting against and through the discourses of Islamic tradition, cultural modernity, and modernization.

The Women's Movement in Pakistan
The Women's Movement in Pakistan

Author: Ayesha Khan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-11-30

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1786735237

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The military rule of General Zia ul-Haq, former President of Pakistan, had significant political repercussions for the country. Islamization policies were far more pronounced and control over women became the key marker of the state's adherence to religious norms. Women's rights activists mobilized as a result, campaigning to reverse oppressive policies and redefine the relationship between state, society and Islam. Their calls for a liberal democracy led them to be targeted and suppressed. This book is a history of the modern women's movement in Pakistan. The research is based on documents from the Women's Action Forum archives, court judgments on relevant cases, as well as interviews with activists, lawyers and judges and analysis of newspapers and magazines. Ayesha Khan argues that the demand for a secular state and resistance to Islamization should not be misunderstood as Pakistani women sympathizing with a western agenda. Rather, their work is a crucial contribution to the evolution of the Pakistani state. The book outlines the discriminatory laws and policies that triggered domestic and international outcry, landmark cases of sexual violence that rallied women activists together and the important breakthroughs that enhanced women's rights. At a time when the women's movement in Pakistan is in danger of shrinking, this book highlights its historic significance and its continued relevance today.

Women of Pakistan
Women of Pakistan

Author: Khawar Mumtaz

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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History of Pakistani women's struggles for their rights in the 20th century. This struggle is set in the context of the country's troubled politics and the specific role of the Islam

Education as the Driving Force of Equity for the Marginalized
Education as the Driving Force of Equity for the Marginalized

Author: Boivin, Jacquelynne Anne

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2022-01-14

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1799880265

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In the USA, racism is the most widespread root of oppression. Black people in America, specifically, have suffered from centuries of discrimination and still struggle to receive the same privileges as their white peers. In other countries, however, there are other groups that face similar struggles. Discrimination and oppression based on religion, ethnicity, socio-economic status, political affiliation, and caste are just a few categories. However, education is a root for widespread societal change, making it essential that educators and systems of education enact the changes that need to occur to achieve equity for the groups being oppressed. Education as the Driving Force of Equity for the Marginalized highlights international research from the past decade about the role education is playing in the disruption and dismantling of perpetuated systems of oppression. This research presents the context, ideas, and mechanics behind impactful efforts to dismantle systems of oppression. Covering topics such as teacher preparation, gender inequality, and social justice, this work is essential for teachers, policymakers, college students, education faculty, researchers, administrators, professors, and academicians.

Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan
Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan

Author: Sara Rizvi Jafree

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2018-01-15

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780199406067

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Seeking to explore the plight of female healthcare practitioners in the country, Sara Rizvi Jafree's Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan is an examination of the South Asian cultural approach towards the traditional and historical working woman, particularly the healthcare professional. The book describes the laws that protect or harm such women in the workplace, and the real perils of physical and verbal harassment that they face during their service. Imbued with deep insights into the role of women in Islam, their socialization and the threats to the healthcare professionals like nurses, doctors, and lady health workers, this book presents anecdotes based on ethnographic research and factual knowledge which makes it an impressive resource for understanding this social issue. Exploring the perpetration of brutality through victims' testimonies, the author successfully paints a panorama on the theme of workplace cruelty, an important factor in the current discourse in Pakistan on this issue.

Problems of Working Women in Karachi, Pakistan
Problems of Working Women in Karachi, Pakistan

Author: Iffat Hussain

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2009-10-02

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1443815012

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“Problems of working women in Karachi" is based on interviews survey conducted with working women as the subject. The domestic worker, and women working in offices and companies in the clerical and managerial positions are interviewed. The study showed that the women in general are victims of gender biased society, specially working women. The data is also based on clear graphs and charts showing the magnitude of gender inequality in terms of Labour Force Participation. This is the only book which gives the full information about the working women in Karachi. It explains the life style of Muslim women living in underdeveloped country who are trying to find their identity and fighting for their survival in male dominated society. It explains the living standards, their problems and hindrances they face while trying to make their way into the job market. This book is a must read for those who are interested to have an insight into the working women problems in a Muslim underdeveloped state. It is beneficial to students, researchers, surveyors and all who are interested to read and learn about this issue. The whole material is full of information explained in simple and easy to understand language with graphs, personal interviews and case studies.

Women’s NGOs in Pakistan
Women’s NGOs in Pakistan

Author: A. Jafar

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 023033931X

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How do NGOs overcome the suspicion of them as "Western" agents? How do they convince people that contrary to common perceptions, they do not "lead women astray from Islam"? And how, in the context of poverty, religious fundamentalism, and ethnic conflict, do NGOs convince people that women s issues merit any attention at all? This book uncovers the skillful maneuvering that women s NGOs have to perform in order to survive in a hostile environment. Drawing on interviews, participant observation, and published materials by and about NGOs, this book analyzes the strategies used by Pakistani women s NGOs to advance women s rights in a conservative - and often antagonistic - environment.

Gender, Identity, and Imperialism
Gender, Identity, and Imperialism

Author: N. Cook

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-12-09

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0230610013

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An ethnographic study showing how Western women living in Pakistan as international development workers constructed new identities in a Muslim community. Cook shows how these transnational migrants both perpetuate and resist unequal global power relations in everyday life, tracing the legacy of this from the colonial period to the present.

Gender Inequality in the Public Sector in Pakistan
Gender Inequality in the Public Sector in Pakistan

Author: K. Chauhan

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2015-12-18

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 9781349490837

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As gender training is applied increasingly as a development solution to gender inequality, this book examines gender inequality in Pakistan's public sector and questions whether a singular focus on gender training is enough to achieve progress in a patriarchal institutional context.

Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Pakistan
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Pakistan

Author: Rashida Patel

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780195478815

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This book is for those who are concerned with the deteriorating situation of women in Pakistan and wish to obtain an overview of the legal and practical changes which have been introduced to improve their condition. A critical analysis of the continuous and increasing misinterpretations of theprinciples of Islam through legal acceptance is presented. Several references to laws which have been recently changed and have an effect on women's lives have been added, including alterations to the Criminal Procedure Code 1898 and Pakistan Penal Code 1860, such as the introduction of the deathpenalty for gang-rape.