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The dormancy of empowerment: An analytical study of various impediments to women’s education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

Education is a key to empower women, control their lives and a source to overcome the oppressive customs and traditions which are resisting their educational participation.The present study describes the socio-cultural, economic and religious impediments to women’s education in Malakand Division, Kh...

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Main Authors: Naz, Arab, Daraz, Umar, Khan, Waseem, Hussain, Mohammad, Khan, Qaisar
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Language:English
Published: Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc 2011
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LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa)
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/15197/1/SSRN.pdf
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http://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2082988
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spelling my.uum.repo.151972015-08-26T07:39:06Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/15197/ The dormancy of empowerment: An analytical study of various impediments to women’s education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan Naz, Arab Daraz, Umar Khan, Waseem Hussain, Mohammad Khan, Qaisar LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa) Education is a key to empower women, control their lives and a source to overcome the oppressive customs and traditions which are resisting their educational participation.The present study describes the socio-cultural, economic and religious impediments to women’s education in Malakand Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The data was collected from 320 respondents categorized in different segments with proportional allocation method of stratified random sampling technique using questionnaire as a tool of data collection.The data has been analyzed by applying Chi-square test, correlation technique and processed in the form of tables and bar-charts, while discussions have been made on the basis of findings and results.The results show that socio-cultural, economic, religious and political constraints exist in women’s education, which has adversely affected the developmental process.The study suggests that proper policy making, implementation, availability of educational institutions etc.would promisingly increase women’s education in Pakhtun society. Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc 2011-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/15197/1/SSRN.pdf Naz, Arab and Daraz, Umar and Khan, Waseem and Hussain, Mohammad and Khan, Qaisar (2011) The dormancy of empowerment: An analytical study of various impediments to women’s education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. SSRN Electronic Journal, 2 (16). pp. 78-87. ISSN 1556-5068 http://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2082988 doi:10.2139/ssrn.2082988
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topic LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa)
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Naz, Arab
Daraz, Umar
Khan, Waseem
Hussain, Mohammad
Khan, Qaisar
The dormancy of empowerment: An analytical study of various impediments to women’s education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
description Education is a key to empower women, control their lives and a source to overcome the oppressive customs and traditions which are resisting their educational participation.The present study describes the socio-cultural, economic and religious impediments to women’s education in Malakand Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The data was collected from 320 respondents categorized in different segments with proportional allocation method of stratified random sampling technique using questionnaire as a tool of data collection.The data has been analyzed by applying Chi-square test, correlation technique and processed in the form of tables and bar-charts, while discussions have been made on the basis of findings and results.The results show that socio-cultural, economic, religious and political constraints exist in women’s education, which has adversely affected the developmental process.The study suggests that proper policy making, implementation, availability of educational institutions etc.would promisingly increase women’s education in Pakhtun society.
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author Naz, Arab
Daraz, Umar
Khan, Waseem
Hussain, Mohammad
Khan, Qaisar
author_facet Naz, Arab
Daraz, Umar
Khan, Waseem
Hussain, Mohammad
Khan, Qaisar
author_sort Naz, Arab
title The dormancy of empowerment: An analytical study of various impediments to women’s education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
title_short The dormancy of empowerment: An analytical study of various impediments to women’s education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
title_full The dormancy of empowerment: An analytical study of various impediments to women’s education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
title_fullStr The dormancy of empowerment: An analytical study of various impediments to women’s education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed The dormancy of empowerment: An analytical study of various impediments to women’s education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
title_sort dormancy of empowerment: an analytical study of various impediments to women’s education in khyber pakhtunkhwa province of pakistan
publisher Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc
publishDate 2011
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