Writing at the intersection of policy and lived experience.
Commentary on the systems shaping girls’ education, women’s agency, family security, language and economic opportunity in Pakistan.
Gender Equality: The Distance Between Progress and Power
On the distance between headline progress and women’s real access to power, opportunity and equality in Pakistan.
Read article ↗The women missing from the divorce debate
Why women who remain legally married but are effectively abandoned, along with the children they support, must be visible in Pakistan’s policy debate.
Budgeting for Equality: Why Pakistan’s Education Budget Must Prioritize Girls
A gender analysis of federal, Punjab and Sindh education budgets, making the case for directing public investment towards the barriers that keep girls out of school.
The language dilemma!
A reflection on language, learning and the realities of delivering education in multilingual communities.
Engaged mothers: finding the missing link in girls’ education
The case for treating mothers’ agency and economic empowerment as essential parts of a transformative girls’ education strategy.