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WOMEN POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND PUBLIC SPACES IN PASHTUN SOCIETY IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).04      10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).04      Published : Jun 2021

Women Political Activism and Public Spaces in Pashtun Society in Pakistan

    In this research article I comprehend that how women in Pashtun society, even with limited entree to civic places, manage to join and contribute in numerous political undertakings, and how their role adds to growing communal and political spaces for women. For my research work I interviewed politically active women of Swabi from lower and middle class. I used the method of convenience sampling. Gulalai Ismail (a women right activist from Swabi) facilitated me in conducting interviews. According to those women, it is reflected indecent in Pashtun society for women to be outside their homes in public. Due to less or no public spaces for women in Pashtun society women have limited involvement in political activities, economic happenings and structure of the society. The uneasy access of women outside their homes in Pashtun society restrict their access to economic activities as well. The purpose of this research article is to know the struggle of women from economically middle and lower class in Pashtun society.

    Public Spaces, Political Activism, Pashtun Society, Economic Resources
    (1) Salma Rahim
    Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad.
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    CHICAGO : Rahim, Salma. 2021. "Women Political Activism and Public Spaces in Pashtun Society in Pakistan." Global Political Review, VI (II): 25-32 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).04
    HARVARD : RAHIM, S. 2021. Women Political Activism and Public Spaces in Pashtun Society in Pakistan. Global Political Review, VI, 25-32.
    MHRA : Rahim, Salma. 2021. "Women Political Activism and Public Spaces in Pashtun Society in Pakistan." Global Political Review, VI: 25-32
    MLA : Rahim, Salma. "Women Political Activism and Public Spaces in Pashtun Society in Pakistan." Global Political Review, VI.II (2021): 25-32 Print.
    OXFORD : Rahim, Salma (2021), "Women Political Activism and Public Spaces in Pashtun Society in Pakistan", Global Political Review, VI (II), 25-32