
Women of Pakistan
Mumtaz, Khawar; Shaheed, Farida Publisher: Zed Year Published: 1987 Pages: 256pp ISBN: 0-86232-281-2 Resource Type: Book
This book is the first history of Pakistani women's struggles for their rights in the 20th century. From the Education Reform Movement around 1900 to the current campaigns, the authors make it clear the diverse conditions affecting Pakistani women, and set their struggle in the context of the country's troubled politics and the specific role of Islam. They tell of the courage and skill with which Pakistani women have resisted the regime's systematic steps to deny them their rights.
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