Ayesha Khan
Academic Background
MA South Asian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK.
BA Philosophy, Yale University, US.
Research Experience
Ayesha has been part of the Collective as a Senior Researcher since 2001. Her work covers a range of issues, in particular gender and development, social policy and conflict/refugee issues in the region. She has extensive experience in qualitative research design. Ayesha worked as a journalist in international radio, local television, newspapers and magazines from 1990-96. She was a visiting fellow at The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1998 working on peace in South Asia, and researched the effect of conflict on women in a study for which she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Research and Writing Grant. More recently, she researched the effects of paid work on women's empowerment in Pakistan as part of a multi-country UK government-funded study on Pathways to Women's Empowerment, and led a study on induced abortions in Pakistan. She is currently working on a mapping and assessment of child protection services and policies in the country.
Research Interests
Women's issues with particular reference to Pakistan and Afghanistan, conflict, reproductive health, and paid work.
Academic Background
MA South Asian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK.
BA Philosophy, Yale University, US.
Research Experience
Ayesha has been part of the Collective as a Senior Researcher since 2001. Her work covers a range of issues, in particular gender and development, social policy and conflict/refugee issues in the region. She has extensive experience in qualitative research design. Ayesha worked as a journalist in international radio, local television, newspapers and magazines from 1990-96. She was a visiting fellow at The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1998 working on peace in South Asia, and researched the effect of conflict on women in a study for which she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Research and Writing Grant. More recently, she researched the effects of paid work on women's empowerment in Pakistan as part of a multi-country UK government-funded study on Pathways to Women's Empowerment, and led a study on induced abortions in Pakistan. She is currently working on a mapping and assessment of child protection services and policies in the country.
Research Interests
Women's issues with particular reference to Pakistan and Afghanistan, conflict, reproductive health, and paid work.
Reports and Publications at the Collective
1.
Ayesha Khan, Social Science Research and Engagement in Pakistan, in Arlene B. Tickner and David L. Blaney, eds. Thinking International Relations Differently. London and New York: Routledge. 2012.
Keywords: Research Methodology, Social Science
2.
Haris Gazdar, Ayesha Khan and Saman Qureshi, Causes and Implications of Induced Abortion in Pakistan: A Social and Economic Analysis. Karachi. Collective for Social Science Research. June 2012.
3.
Ayesha Khan and Sarah Zaman, The Criminal Justice System and Rape: An Attitudinal Study of the Public Sector's Response to Rape in Karachi. War Against Rape (WAR) and Collective for Social Science Research. 2012.
Keywords: Gender
4.
Ayesha Khan and Saman Qureshi, Researching Forced Migration in Pakistan: An Introduction to Research Ethics, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods. Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme. 2011. Islamabad: CAMP. 2011.
5.
Naila Kabeer, Ayesha Khan and Naysan Adlparvar, Afghan Values or Women's Rights? Gendered Narratives about Continuity and Change in Urban Afghanistan. IDS Working Paper 387, Brighton. Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex. December 2011.
Keywords: Gender
6.
Ayesha Khan, Lady Health Worker and Social Changes in Pakistan. Volume 46 No.30. Economic and Political Weekly. July 23, 2011.
Keywords: Gender
7.
Ayesha Khan, Rape in Pakistan: the real verdict. Published on openDemocracy.org. 17th May 2011.
Keywords: Gender
8.
Ayesha Khan, Women's health: poor services. Published on Dawn.com. 1st March 2011.
Keywords: Gender
11.
Ayesha Khan, Women and Paid Work in Pakistan in F. Azim and M. Sultan, eds. Mapping Women's Empowerment. Dhaka: University Press Limited (UPL) and BRAC Development Institute (BDI) 2010
13.
Haris Gazdar, Ayesha Khan and Saman Qureshi, Measuring the Economic Costs of Unsafe Abortion Mortality and Morbidity in Pakistan: Preliminary Findings and Survey Design. Collective For Social Science Research, Karachi. January 2010.
14.
Ayesha Khan, Using the Event Cycle Approach for Research and Programmes, Resource Brief No.2. Collective for Social Science Research, Karachi. June 2009.
15.
Ayesha Khan, Unsafe Abortion-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Pakistan: Findings from a Literature Review, Research Output No. 2. Collective for Social Science Research, Karachi. March 2009.
16.
Ayesha Khan, Women's Empowerment and the Lady Health Worker Programme in Pakistan. Collective for Social Science Research, Karachi. December 2008.
17.
Ayesha Khan, Haris Gazdar and Shama Mohammed, Measuring the Economic Costs of Unsafe Abortion Related Morbidity and Mortality in Pakistan: A Review of Methodology and Approach, Research Output No.1. Collective for Social Science Research, Karachi. November 2008.
18.
Ayesha Khan, The Relevance of Research: Social Science as Local/Global Resistance. International Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois. 2007.
19.
Ayesha Khan, Women and Paid Work in Pakistan. Collective for Social Science Research, Karachi. March 2007.
20.
Ayesha Khan, Deja vu: The Fantasy of Being Military Rule in Pakistan. in eds. R. Riley and N. Inayatullah, Interrogating Imperialism: Conversations on Gender, Race and War. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. 2007.
Keywords: Political Economy
21.
The Collective Team, Afghans in Pakistan: Broadening the Focus. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Kabul. January 2006.
22.
The Collective Team, Afghans in Quetta: Settlements, Livelihoods, Support Networks and Cross-Border Linkages. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Kabul. January 2006.
23.
The Collective Team, Afghans in Peshawar: Migration, Settlements and Social Networks. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Kabul. January 2006.
24.
The Collective Team, Afghans in Karachi: Migration, Settlement and Social Networks. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Kabul. March 2005.
25.
Ayesha Khan and Rabia Khan, Civil Society and Social Change in Pakistan. Mimeograph. Collective for Social Science Research, Karachi. March 2004.
Keywords: Civil Society
26.
The Collective Team, A Rapid Assessment of Bonded Labour in Hazardous Industries in Pakistan: Glass Bangle-making, Tanneries and Construction. Working Paper No. 21, Infocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration. International Labour Organization, Geneva. January 2004.
Keywords: Bonded Labour, Labour
27.
The Collective Team, A Rapid Assessment of Bonded Labour in Domestic Work and Begging in Pakistan. Working Paper No. 22, Infocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration. Interational Labour Organization, Geneva. January 2004.
Keywords: Bonded Labour, Labour
Other Reports and Publications
1.
Ayesha Khan and Pamela Pine, Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health in Pakistan: Status, Issues, Policies and Programs. Washington DC: USAID/Policy Project. 2003.
2.
Haris Gazdar, Ayesha Khan and Themrise Khan, Land Tenure Rural Livelihood And Institutional Innovation. Department for International Development, Islamabad. 2002.
3.
Ayesha Khan, Adolescents and Reproductive Health in Pakistan: A Literature Review, Research Report No. 11. Population Council and United Nations Population Fund, Islamabad. 2000.
4.
Gendering War Talk: 'We Are Scattered Like Seeds and the World is Full of Us', in International Feminist Journal of Politics, vol.5, no3. November, 2003.
5.
Adolescents and Youth Reproductive Health in Pakistan. Policy Project, New York, 2003.
6.
Afghan Refugee Women's Experience of Conflict and Disintegration," in Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalismvol.3, no.1. 2002.
7.
The linkages between scholarship and advocacy: from a feminist analysis of research on the Karachi conflict. Working Paper No. 80. Sustainable Development Policy Institute: Islamabad, 2002.
8.
"Song of War," in Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, vol.2, no.2, 2002.
9.
With H Saeed. "Legalised Cruelty, Anti-Women Laws in Pakistan," in No Paradise Yet; the World's Women Face the New Century, eds J. Mirsky and M. Radlett. Zed/ Panos, London: 2000.
10.
Muslim Feminism and Social Reform in India 1904-1940. ASR Publications, Lahore: 2000.
11.
"Mobility of Women and Access to Health and Family Planning Services in Pakistan," Reproductive Health Matters, vol.7, no. 14, November, 1999.
12.
"Policy-making in Pakistan's Population Programme," Health Policy and Planning vol.11, no.1, March, 1996.
13.
Reproductive Decision-Making in Pakistan," in Private Decisions, Public Debate: Women, Reproduction & Population, Panos, London: 1994. [Book was Winner of Population Institute's 1995 Global Media Award for Excellence in Population reporting].
14.
Women and the Pakistan Government: A Brief Policy History (1975-1998), United Nations Development Fund, Islamabad, 1998.