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Women in Local Government: The Pakistan Experience

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  • Saba Gul Khattak

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This article looks at women's representation in local government in Pakistan, focusing particularly on the introduction of a quota setting 33 per cent of the seats for women brought in under General Musharraf's Devolution of Power Plan in 2000. The article suggests that establishing a direct correlation between a woman's quota and regime type is problematic. It demonstrates a complex pattern of interaction on the issue by both the military and civilian regimes in Pakistan. Policies which have been brought in, informed both by political pragmatism and ideological continuity, have been wide ranging and almost contradictory in nature. The article also highlights the importance of the roles of NGOs and women activists in providing capacity building and support for mobilising women both as candidates and as voters. It shows that women's struggles at grassroots can bring achievements even in spaces where patriarchal norms rule, but these pathways to political empowerment are uneven and unpredictable.

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  • Saba Gul Khattak, 2010. "Women in Local Government: The Pakistan Experience," IDS Bulletin, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 41(5), pages 52-61, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:idsxxx:v:41:y:2010:i:5:p:52-61
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    1. Andrea Cornwall, 2014. "Women's Empowerment: What Works and Why?," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-104, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Hussain Ali & Syed Ali Shah & Ahmad Ali, 2016. "Community Development Perspective in the Local Government System of District Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa," Global Regional Review, Humanity Only, vol. 1(1), pages 132-140, June.
    3. Ghazal Mir Zulfiqar & Maheen Khan, 2020. "NGO-Led Organizing and Pakistan’s Homeworkers: A Materialist Feminist Analysis of Collective Agency," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 162(1), pages 1-14, February.

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