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Content Type: Resource
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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

The aim of this study is to enrich the understanding of existence of gender discrimination in Pakistan in
reality in Islamic perspective. It further explores is there any relationship...

Content Type: Resource
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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

This study discusses gender discrimination as „non-traditional security‟ threat to the country. It argues that women are more than half of the population and the security of women is associated...

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Sector(s):
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

This study is undertaken with an aim to present the gender scenario in Pakistan from 1999 till 2007.
The overall objective is to critically analyze the policy environment, socio cultural...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

The objective of this paper is to estimate returns to education by gender in a
consistent manner to determine whether childhood and adolescent education investments are
affected by how...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

This chapter makes use of two relatively new data sets to explore some of the factors still limiting girls’ participation in primary school, even in the context of the rapid growth of private...

Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): University of Chicago
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

This article tests one—the labor market—explanation for gender gaps in
education in Pakistan.1 On the basis of the investment motive, it contends
that if the labor market rewards men’s...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

The analysis
focuses on two social barriers: caste based stigma and female seclusion. Our
findings suggest that caste based stigma significantly dampens school enrollment
among...

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Sector(s):
Publisher(s):
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

Chapter I: Part I of the first Chapter defines profile of women in Pakistan and presents the
issue of education deprivation of women. Part II describes the purpose of research. Part III...

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"Thirteen years after he was deposed and sent into exile by a military coup, Nawaz
Sharif has returned to power in Pakistan. On 11 May 2013, contrary to opinion
poll predictions...

Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Pakistan

Effective civil–military coordination is therefore essential in
achieving the over-arching humanitarian goal of saving lives
and alleviating suffering. However, in practice it is often...

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