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ARE NGOS BRIDGING THE GAPS ANALYZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GENDER AND POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT IN PESHAWAR KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).11      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).11      Published : Sep 2019

Are NGOs Bridging the Gaps? Analyzing Opportunities for Gender and Political Empowerment in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abstract

    Gender and development approach gained attention during the 1990s, since then government and nongovernmental organizations adopted these approaches for gender and political empowerment in Pakistan. This paper analyzes the contribution of NGO towards gender and political empowerment in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This study explored how NGOs interventions created opportunities for gender and political empowerment. This study presents an analysis of NGO policies and practices for gender and political empowerment in the research area. Qualitative research methods including semi-structured interviews and participant observations were used to conduct this study. The study revealed that NGOs created spaces for political awareness and participation of men and women community members, councilors and policymakers. This study argues that NGOs interventions can create opportunities and effectively contribute to gender and political empowerment goals if contextually planned and implemented in the research area.

    (1) Dur E Shawar
    Ph.D. Scholar,Department of Development Studies, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Bahadar Nawab Khattak
    Associate Professor, Department of Development Studies, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Abda Khalid
    Assistant Professor, Department of Development Studies,COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Shawar, D. E., Khattak, B. N., & Khalid, A. (2019). Are NGOs Bridging the Gaps? Analyzing Opportunities for Gender and Political Empowerment in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(III), 80-87. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).11

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Shawar, Dur E, Bahadar Nawab Khattak, and Abda Khalid. 2019. "Are NGOs Bridging the Gaps? Analyzing Opportunities for Gender and Political Empowerment in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (III): 80-87 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).11

HARVARD

    HARVARD : SHAWAR, D. E., KHATTAK, B. N. & KHALID, A. 2019. Are NGOs Bridging the Gaps? Analyzing Opportunities for Gender and Political Empowerment in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 80-87.

MHRA

    MHRA : Shawar, Dur E, Bahadar Nawab Khattak, and Abda Khalid. 2019. "Are NGOs Bridging the Gaps? Analyzing Opportunities for Gender and Political Empowerment in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 80-87

MLA

    MLA : Shawar, Dur E, Bahadar Nawab Khattak, and Abda Khalid. "Are NGOs Bridging the Gaps? Analyzing Opportunities for Gender and Political Empowerment in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.III (2019): 80-87 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Shawar, Dur E, Khattak, Bahadar Nawab, and Khalid, Abda (2019), "Are NGOs Bridging the Gaps? Analyzing Opportunities for Gender and Political Empowerment in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (III), 80-87

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Shawar, Dur E, Bahadar Nawab Khattak, and Abda Khalid. "Are NGOs Bridging the Gaps? Analyzing Opportunities for Gender and Political Empowerment in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. III (2019): 80-87. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).11