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Gender: Shaping Personality, Lives And Health Of Women In Pakistan, Narjis Rizvi, Kausar S. Khan, Babar T. Shaikh
Gender: Shaping Personality, Lives And Health Of Women In Pakistan, Narjis Rizvi, Kausar S. Khan, Babar T. Shaikh
Community Health Sciences
Background
Gender norms determine the status of Pakistani women that influence their life including health. In Pakistan, the relationship between gender norms and health of women is crucial yet complex demanding further analysis. This paper: determines the reasons for reiteration of gender roles; describes the societal processes and mechanisms that reproduce and reinforce them; and identifies their repercussions on women’s personality, lives and health especially reproductive health.
Methods
As part of a six-country study titled ‘Women’s Empowerment in Muslim Contexts’, semi-structured group discussions (n = 30) were conducted with women (n = 250) who were selected through snowballing from different …