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Life as a feminist academic in Pakistan: Ayesha Khan

January 19, 2022 From Poverty to Power
Life as a feminist academic in Pakistan: Ayesha Khan
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From Poverty to Power
Life as a feminist academic in Pakistan: Ayesha Khan
Jan 19, 2022
From Poverty to Power

Ayesha Khan works with the Collective for Social Science Research in Karachi, Pakistan. She is author of The Women's Movement in Pakistan: Activism, Islam and Democracy (2018). Her post on that book here. In this podcast she:

  • Tells us about your work on feminism and politics in Pakistan
  • Discusses the dangers of being a feminist academic 
  • Looks at the importance of Open Access publishing: 3 years on, her book has still not been published in Pakistan!
  • Explains her current work on a PhD by publication – what’s the benefit? Why isn’t it a bigger thing?
  • Finally, the link to the decolonization of academia
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Ayesha Khan works with the Collective for Social Science Research in Karachi, Pakistan. She is author of The Women's Movement in Pakistan: Activism, Islam and Democracy (2018). Her post on that book here. In this podcast she:

  • Tells us about your work on feminism and politics in Pakistan
  • Discusses the dangers of being a feminist academic 
  • Looks at the importance of Open Access publishing: 3 years on, her book has still not been published in Pakistan!
  • Explains her current work on a PhD by publication – what’s the benefit? Why isn’t it a bigger thing?
  • Finally, the link to the decolonization of academia