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dc.contributor.authorKhan, Ayesha
dc.contributor.authorYousuf, Zonia
dc.contributor.authorNaqvi, Sana
dc.coverage.spatialPakistanen
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-21T13:53:39Z
dc.date.available2020-09-21T13:53:39Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-21
dc.identifier.citationKhan, A., Yousuf, Z. and Naqvi, S., (2020) Women Politicians Navigating the ‘Hostile Environment’ in Pakistan in (Tadros, M. and Edwards, J., Eds) Collective Action for Accountability on Sexual Harassment: Global Perspectives, IDS Bulletin 51.2: Brighton: IDSen
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/15647
dc.description.abstractWomen in Pakistan operate within highly patriarchal contexts that promote their exclusion from public spaces; but those working in politics, the most public of spaces, defy these prevailing gender norms. This article examines women’s experience of sexual harassment in the political ‘workspace’. It presents data from interviews, press and television coverage, social media, and an online survey, to explore how women’s presence in politics is resisted by their male counterparts through the use of sexual harassment. It highlights the sexual harassment men use against women in politics, arguing that key features of political parties’ organisational culture function as predictors of harassment. Despite laws and mechanisms for processing complaints, women in politics are unable to push for effective accountability. The article argues for improved accountability mechanisms within political parties and Assemblies to combat sex discrimination and harassment, while acknowledging that the problem may only increase when women achieve more prominence as politicians.en
dc.description.sponsorshipForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office – FCDOen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInstitute of Development Studiesen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIDS Bulletin;51.2
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited and any modifications or adaptations are indicated. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcodeen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.titleWomen Politicians Navigating the ‘Hostile Environment’ in Pakistanen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.rights.holderInstitute of Development Studiesen
dc.identifier.teamPower and Popular Politicsen
dc.identifier.doi10.19088/1968-2020.129
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-09-21
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rioxxterms.identifier.projectAction for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA)en
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rioxxterms.funder.project776d009f-7b49-4932-a890-f5809a8edb5cen


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