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200 14$aThe women's movement in Pakistan $eactivism, Islam and democracy /$fAyesha Khan
205   $aFirst edition.
210  1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2018.
215   $a1 online resource (xvii, 398 pages) $cillustrations
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- Chapter 1. Contours of an Islamic Pakistan -- Chapter 2. Global Politics and Zia's Islamization -- Chapter 3. The Women's Movement: The First Phase -- Chapter 4. Grappling with the Damage Done -- Chapter 5. Activism Changes Form -- Chapter 6. Maulanas at the Helm -- Chapter 7. Swat and the Taliban Ascendancy -- Chapter 8. Sexual Violence and the New Activists -- Chapter 9. Women in Politics and the Promise of Democracy -- Chapter 10. The Long View -- Bibliography -- WAF Interviews.
330   $a"The military rule of General Zia ul-Haq, former President of Pakistan, had significant political repercussions for the country. Islamization policies were far more pronounced and control over women became the key marker of the state's adherence to religious norms. Women's rights activists mobilized as a result, campaigning to reverse oppressive policies and redefine the relationship between state, society and Islam. Their calls for a liberal democracy led them to be targeted and suppressed. This book is a history of the modern women's movement in Pakistan. The research is based on documents from the Women's Action Forum archives, court judgments on relevant cases, as well as interviews with activists, lawyers and judges and analysis of newspapers and magazines. Ayesha Khan argues that the demand for a secular state and resistance to Islamization should not be misunderstood as Pakistani women sympathizing with a western agenda. Rather, their work is a crucial contribution to the evolution of the Pakistani state. The book outlines the discriminatory laws and policies that triggered domestic and international outcry, landmark cases of sexual violence that rallied women activists together and the important breakthroughs that enhanced women's rights. At a time when the women's movement in Pakistan is in danger of shrinking, this book highlights its historic significance and its continued relevance today."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
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