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  • Expressions of modernity in rural Pakistan : searching for emic perspectives

    Creator:
    Niazi, Amarah
    Abstract:
    This dissertation examines women's lives in a rapidly urbanizing rural community in Southern Pakistan to understand their responses to modernity in developing societies. Applying a mixed-methods approach, socio-demographic data is collected and contrasted with oral history and personal narratives to analyze social change through women's access to education and reproductive...
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    Dissertation
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    identity plays a role in their social status only prior to marriage. Once married, women refer to their

  • "Freedom from what?" : Iraqi women's narratives from the 2003 U.S.-led war

    Creator:
    Mohtashamipour, Sahar (Soudeh)
    Abstract:
    This research explores the experiences of Iraqi women during and after the 2003 U.S.-led war (2003-2011). The aim of the project was to provide an occasion for a group of Iraqi women to give voice to their lived experiences of war and to document these voices, adding their subjective perspectives...
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    Masters Thesis
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    important ways 21 for feminists around the world to help Iraqi women reach the point of social