The impact of Islamization policies on Pakistani women's lives /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[East Lansing, Mich.] :
Michigan State University,
©1984.
[East Lansing, Mich.] : Women in International Development, Michigan State University, [1984] |
| Series: | Working paper (Michigan State University. Office of Women in International Development) ;
#69. |
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| Abstract: | General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law regime in Pakistan has gradually reorganized many secular institutions to bring them into conformity with his advisors' view of Islamic ideology. The government's Islamization program, which many observers believe to be directed at political rather than religious ends, has touched women's lives in the areas of civil law, educational institutions, and employment. This paper stresses the concrete and symbolic consequences of the government's Islamization program for Pakistani women. The concrete impact of these policies has directly affected only a minority of women, largely articulate urban women. Their responses to government activities through both the Women's Division of the Zia Government and women's voluntary organizations are reviewed here. The author suggests, however, that government policies have indirectly affected all women through the minimal financial resources committed to women's potential role in economic development. |
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| Item Description: | "November 1984." Caption title. |
| Physical Description: | 23 pages ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-23). |