War, Violence and Women’s Agency in Pakistan investigates the prominent features of gender ideology in the Swat region, Pakistan and how they influence the no

This book investigates the prominent features of gender ideology in Swat, Pakistan and how they influence the norms and forms of women's agency during conflict.

Are secular aims, politics, and sensibilities impossible, undesirable and impracticable for Muslims and Islamic states? Should Muslim women be exempted from fem

This book analyses the status of women in Bengal, India, by examining the versatile everyday living conditions of women, and how they are represented as individ

Poverty, Gender and Health in the Slums of Bangladesh provides comprehensive ethnographic accounts that depict the daily life experiences and health hardships e