GRANT CYCLE 2019
SWGI FACULTY GRANTEES
The Saida Waheed Gender Initiative provides grants to faculty for the pursuit of creative and interdisciplinary research and projects relating to gender in Pakistan. In line with our Mission and Philosophy, the Initiative seeks to promote approaches that attend to the shifting and contested meanings of gender across different contexts.
Grantees of this cycle are:
Dr. Fozia Parveen
Centre for Water Informatics & Technology
Will be focusing on women in the waste scavenging community in Lahore
Dr. Zubair Abbasi
Associate Professor, Shaikh Ahmed Hassan School of Law
Will explore legal principles for the recognition of women’s contribution (paid and unpaid) within the institution of family for the promotion of gender equality under Muslim family law
Dr. Maryam Mustafa
Assistant Professor, Department Of Computer Science
Will focus on understanding the use of and barriers to use of YouTube among low-literate, low-income women in Punjab
SWGI STUDENT GRANTEES
The Saida Waheed Gender Initiative offers small grants for student led research projects and senior projects that focus on, or use gender as a major analytical tool in their work. Undergraduate students from all departments/schools at LUMS are welcomed to apply. This semester we have funded six senior research projects.
Grantees of this cycle are:
Researching on acid violence in Pakistan
Ayesha Siddique
Mapping Gender: A Study of Custody Cases in the Family Court of Lahore
Eesha Khan and Abdul Wahab Niaz
Redefining Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan
Fatima Jawad and Amna Zulqadar
Research on how women workers allocate time between competing uses
Rumassah Anjum Chohan
Research on the inherent institutional imbalance in the field of law against working mothers
Sara Raza, Arslan Goraya, Muhammad Usman Tariq
Gender and Pakistani Police: Thana culture and Career Progression of Police Women
Sharmeen Azeem