The dormancy of empowerment: An analytical study of various impediments to women’s education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

• Main Authors: Naz, Arab, Daraz, Umar, Khan, Waseem, Hussain, Mohammad, Khan, Qaisar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc 2011
• Subjects: LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/15197/1/SSRN.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/15197/; http://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2082988
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Education is a key to empower women, control their lives and a source to overcome the oppressive customs and traditions which are resisting their educational participation.The present study describes the socio-cultural, economic and religious impediments to women’s education in Malakand Division, Kh...