Islam and Women Parliamentary Representation in Pakistan
There are various perspectives and interpretations regarding an interaction of religion and women's parliamentary Representation. In Pakistan,the religious debate started since its inception in 1947. The religious debates translated into objectives resolution and were adopted by the constituent assembly in 1949. Women parliamentary Representation remained a complex phenomenon due to the religiously dominated cultural sphere. However, the initiatives towards women's Representation started in the 1920spassed through different challenges and opportunities. The constitutions of Pakistan from 1956 to 1973 have also incorporated relevant sections regarding women's Representation. A significant issue merged in the 1990s in Pakistan when the constitutional mechanism regarding women's Representation lapsed. The global initiatives on women's political Representation were the major milestone that influenced Pakistan politics in 2000. During this period, gender-equal participation in the decision-making process was brought at the center of political debate. During the Musharraf regime, women parliamentary share increased up to 20percent on reserved seats. This paper is anattempt to explore women's Representation in Islamic perspectivesand their contributions to women. The result of this qualitativeresearch shows that women parliamentarians are primarilyrepresenting their own political parties and class in decision-making bodies
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Islam, Women, Representation, Parliament, Legislation, Pakistan
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(1) Saiqa Jabeen Shouket
M.Phil Scholar, Department of Islamic and Religious Studies, Hazara University-Mansehra, KP, Pakistan
(2) Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, KP, Pakistan. Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Politics and International Relations, The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom (UK).
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APA : Shouket, S. J., & Ahmad, M. S. (2018). Islam and Women Parliamentary Representation in Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, III(I), 473 -488. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-I).28
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CHICAGO : Shouket, Saiqa Jabeen, and Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad. 2018. "Islam and Women Parliamentary Representation in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, III (I): 473 -488 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2018(III-I).28
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HARVARD : SHOUKET, S. J. & AHMAD, M. S. 2018. Islam and Women Parliamentary Representation in Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, III, 473 -488.
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OXFORD : Shouket, Saiqa Jabeen and Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel (2018), "Islam and Women Parliamentary Representation in Pakistan", Global Social Sciences Review, III (I), 473 -488
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TURABIAN : Shouket, Saiqa Jabeen, and Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad. "Islam and Women Parliamentary Representation in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review III, no. I (2018): 473 -488. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-I).28