Much Ado about Counting: The Conflict over Holding a Census in Pakistan
In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 39, Heft 5, S. 679
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In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 39, Heft 5, S. 679
ISSN: 0004-4687
In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 39, Heft 4, S. 679-693
ISSN: 0004-4687
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In: Citizenship studies, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 141-150
ISSN: 1362-1025
Argues that, when women have organized themselves into groups with a political purpose, the construction of a civil society in Pakistan significantly advances. The role of women's groups as intermediary groups is traced, particularly as they play increasingly important political & social roles in countering the actions & inactions of the state. In the ongoing effort to develop a National Plan of Action in Pakistan in response to the Beijing Platform for Action, women's groups are contributing to a participatory, sensitized, & increasingly decentralized national planning process that is encouraging regional & nongovernmental organization inputs in unprecedented ways. 31 References. Adapted from the source document.
In: Contemporary South Asia, Band 7, Heft 1, S. 71-89
ISSN: 1469-364X
In: African and Asian Studies, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 165-166
ISSN: 1569-2108
In: Journal of Asian and African studies: JAAS, Band 27, Heft 1-2, S. 165-166
ISSN: 0021-9096
In: Middle East Studies Association bulletin, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 217-218
In: Modern Asian studies, Band 25, Heft 3, S. 417-453
ISSN: 1469-8099
South Asian Muslims migrating throughout the world usually establish tight-knit communities in which most of their socioeconomic and religious activities occur. The social organization of South Asian Muslims in Hong Kong is unique in that their separation and isolation into a cohesive ethnic group is a relatively recent phenomenon. Communal orientations have undergone substantial change over time, often paralleling the kinds of changes occuring in Hong Kong as a result of its relationship to the British Empire. This paper seeks to understand the characteristics of the early South Asian Muslim community in Hong Kong and contrast these with social themes which are found in the contemporary community so as to discover the principles underlying social cohesion and cultural identification within this group.
In: Modern Asian studies, Band 25, Heft 3, S. 417
ISSN: 0026-749X
In: Asian survey, Band 30, Heft 5, S. 433-445
ISSN: 1533-838X
In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 30, Heft 5, S. 433-445
ISSN: 0004-4687
World Affairs Online
In: Asian survey, Band 25, Heft 8, S. 863-880
ISSN: 1533-838X
In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 25, Heft 8, S. 863-880
ISSN: 0004-4687
During the past six years, the government of Pakistan has been pursuing an Islamization programme unparalleled in the modern history of Islam in South Asia. The article probes the many implications of the new Islamic laws (both decreed and proposed) for women in Pakistan, discusses the variety of responses to these actions and the effects of these laws on the social environment they are attempting to shape. The traditional position of women in Pakistani society. Women's protests against ordinances which would codify women's subordinate position. (DÜI-Sen)
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In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 25, Heft 9, S. 863
ISSN: 0004-4687
In: Women's studies international forum, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 259-264