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"Can you 'see' slavery?" by Mishal Khan explores the role race has played in colonial India with respects to slavery. By looking at how racial groups were affected in different ways with respects to slavery in India and what consequences did that have on identity and social status, Khan is able to...
William Johnson was a 2012-2013 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Pakistan for 2 months. Johnson's project "focuses on how lawyers and non-lawyers alike work with (and within) judicial systems that the international community considers extremely corrupt. It focuses on perceptions and...
Farhan Yousaf (University of Connecticut) was s 2014 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who travelled to Punjab, Pakistan, in order to collect data for research pertaining to trafficking in women in Pakistan.
In this podcast episode, host SherAli Tareen sits down with Anita Weiss to discuss her book, "Interpreting Islam, Modernity, and Women's Rights in Pakistan" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). "By exploring how multiple state and non-state actors have engaged the question of gender and women's rights over...
Faris Khan explores the recent activism of the 'Khwaja Sira,' a group of gender nonconforming people with cultural significance. Khan explores the recent gains made in the legal rights of the Kwaja Sira and how activism has shaped the movement into society.
Anita Weiss (University of Oregon) discusses her new book, "Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices." Dr. Weiss explores how local leaders are speaking out against violent extremism that has permeated Pakistani culture over the past decade.