Saida Waheed Gender Initiative (SWGI) is a centre at LUMS, which advances gender as a critical lens for understanding society, culture, and politics. It works on the premise that neither an account of our world nor a politics for the future is possible without reckoning with gender.
Saida Waheed Gender Initiative
About SWGI
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People
The Saida Waheed Gender Initiative is governed by a Steering Committee of LUMS faculty, which meets at least once per month to review activities and envision the Initiative's direction and growth. Both the Steering Committee and the Advisory Committee are chaired by the Faculty Director.
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Saida Waheed
The Saida Waheed Gender Initiative is named in honour of a female pioneer of the Pakistan movement. Born in Gujranwala in 1917, Begum Saida Waheed assisted Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan in the formation of the All Pakistan Women’s Association in 1949.
Events
Abolishing Archaic Processes: Rape Investigations in Pakistan
Date:Time:5 PMLocation:Facebook LiveIntersection of Caste, Gender, Religion and Work: A Case of Christian Female Sweepers…
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Research
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Research opportunities 2018
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Research opportunities 2019
Publications
Saida Waheed Gender Initiative
Address
Saida Waheed Gender Initiative
LUMS DHA, Lahore Cantt. 54792,
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92 42 3560 8000 Ext. 2234