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2019 - Volume 3 - Number 1

Civic Engagement of Christian Women in Pakistan

Tansif ur Rehman * tansif@live.com * ORCID: 0000-0002-5454-2150 * Researcher ID: Y-2888-2018
University of Karachi, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Criminology, PAKISTAN

Open Journal for Anthropological Studies, 2019, 3(1), 1-10 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojas.0301.01001r
Online Published Date: 12 July 2019

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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KEY WORDS: civic engagement, socioeconomic conditions, minority, Christian women, case studies, Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:
In Pakistan, which is an ideological state, the minority issue is sociological, as well as legal at the same time. Christians are the largest religious minority in Pakistan, but at all levels are facing discrimination, i.e. in socioeconomic, as well as politico-legal sphere. They are considered as a second-class citizen by masses. While the women who belong to this minority group are facing double discrimination, firstly as a woman, and then as a Christian. Interview schedule was used to collect data from the respective respondents. It is an exploratory research which was conducted in Essa Nagri (Karachi), which is one of the oldest residential areas of the city, and represents one of the largest population of Christian minority in Pakistan, i.e. around 40,000 people reside in Essa Nagri. The entire respective population comprises of poor and lower middle class, as most of the population works as sweepers, housemaids, laborers in KMC, and sellers.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Dr. Tansif ur Rehman, University of Karachi, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Criminology, PAKISTAN. E-mail: Tansif@live.com.

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