Women's NGOs in Pakistan
How do NGOs overcome the suspicion and perception of them as Western agents? What means do they employ to convince people that, contrary to common perceptions, they are not there to "lead women astray from Islam," nor are they going to make them "shameless"? And how, in a country like Pakistan, where poverty, violence, fundamentalism, and ethnic conflict are widespread, do women's NGOs convince people that women's issues merit attention in the first place? This book uncovers the skillful maneuv…
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- Full title :Women's NGOs in Pakistan / Afshan Jafar.
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How do NGOs overcome the suspicion and perception of them as Western agents? What means do they employ to convince people that, contrary to common perceptions, they are not there to "lead women astray from Islam," nor are they going to make them "shameless"? And how, in a country like Pakistan, where poverty, violence, fundamentalism, and ethnic conflict are widespread, do women's NGOs convince people that women's issues merit attention in the first place? This book uncovers the skillful maneuvering that women's NGOs have to perform in order to survive a hostile environment.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication:Basingstoke
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
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Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230113206, 2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:204 pages
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:023033931X, 9780230339316, 9780230113206, 0230113206
- oclc:on1116097454
- Dewey Decimal:362.83577095491
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