Experiences of Intersecting Inequalities for Poor Hindu Women in Pakistan
Abstract
Through first-hand accounts of marginalisation and discrimination, the
research paper in question explores the reality of life in Pakistan for poor Hindu
women and girls who face intersecting and overlapping inequalities due to
their religious identity, their gender and their caste. They carry a heavy burden
among the marginalised groups in Pakistan, facing violence, discrimination
and exclusion, lack of access to education, transportation and health care,
along with occupational discrimination and a high threat of abduction, forced
conversion and forced marriage.