Document Type

Podcast

Publication Date

5-11-2011

Publication Title

Nexus series

Publisher

Black Mountain Institute; UNLV College of Urban Affairs

Abstract

Host: Dina Titus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Audio file size: 13.3 megabytes

Keywords

Feminism; Muslim women; Pakistan; Pakistani American women; Pakistanis; United States

Disciplines

Human Rights Law | International and Area Studies | International Relations | Politics and Social Change | Women's Studies

Language

English

Comments

Today's guests, Riffat Masood and Hanadi Nadeem, discuss issues of what it means to be a woman in Pakistani society, the urban vs. rural divide in Pakistan, how they achieved their goals, and the opportunities open to women in Pakistan as well as to Pakistani women living in the United States. While women in Pakistan are making strides forward, continued instability in the region threatens this progress.

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