This book analyzes the different policy challenges that Pakistani women face and makes regionally relevant policy recommendations across different areas of private and public life, drawing on secondary data from nationally representative surveys and primary data from qualitative interviews. These areas include family safety, housing adequacy, food security and nutritional adequacy, environment and disaster protection, educational development, employment and formal sector inclusion, and health security. The author examines how the history, culture, and political climate of Pakistan have shaped social policy for women, interrogates gaps in social protections for women, and analyzes the limitations for past interventions. This text also looks at collaboration across South Asian countries, as well as using religion, social media, financing, and a new model of governance for comprehensive coverage and sustainable social policy for women.
This book will be of interest to scholars, students, and policymakers with focus on women's and gender studies and policy studies in South Asia.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"This book succeeds in bridging the gap between academic discourse and practical application. It outlines key policy recommendations, grounded in the author's analysis and findings, providing a roadmap for the future of women's empowerment in Pakistan. . This is an admirable study . ." (Nasir Iqbal, South Asia Research, Vol. 44 (1), 2024
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Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Springer International Publishing
Zielgruppe
Illustrationen
10
10 s/w Abbildungen
XXV, 370 p. 10 illus.
Maße
Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 153 mm
Dicke: 26 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-3-031-32862-6 (9783031328626)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-32863-3
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Sara Rizvi Jafree
is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Forman Christian College University (FCCU) and author of
Women, Healthcare and Violence in Pakistan
(OUP, 2018)
Sociology of South Asian Women's Health
(Springer, 2020). She has published over 40 research papers on public health and social policy including (delete including please) in international journals. Dr. Jafree also serves as the Founding Editor of the
Forman Journal of Social Sciences
and as an Editorial Board Member for the Pakistan Journal of Women's Studies,
Alam-e-Niswan
, the official Journal of Pakistan Association for Women's Studies.