Seeking to explore the plight of female healthcare practitioners in the country, Sara Rizvi Jafree’s Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan is an examination of the South Asian cultural approach towards the traditional and historical working woman, particularly the healthcare professional. The book describes the laws that protect or harm such women in the workplace, and the real perils of physical and verbal harassment that they face during their service. Imbued with deep insights into the role of women in Islam, their socialization and the threats to healthcare professionals like nurses, doctors, and lady health workers, this book presents anecdotes based on ethnographic research and factual knowledge which makes it an impressive resource for understanding this social issue. Exploring the perpetration of brutality through victims’ testimonies, the author successfully paints a panorama on the theme of workplace cruelty, an important factor in the current discourse in Pakistan on this issue.
Sara Rizvi Jafree is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the Forman Christian College (FCC), Lahore. She has published multiple articles concerning women and healthcare in Pakistan including ‘Ethical violations in the clinical setting: The hidden curriculum learning experience of Pakistani nurses’ and ‘Maternal employment in Pakistan: Socio-demographic shortfalls and association with birth weight’.
Dr Jafree's book is an important contribution to the issue of gender and violence. While a number of studies have already been devote to domestic violence, honor killings and others, she provides a groundbreaking study about a new field where patriarchal-originated violence works: that of health working places. She carefully examines the broader issue of how patriarchal domination has enclosed women in a discourse of pride and honor, contradicting in many ways, what she calls "the concept of the 'ideal' Pakistani woman" (p. 65). In relation with the topic, it is also important to pay tribute to Dr Jafree's courage, since one can think she should have faced some difficulties when she was conducting her interviews and fieldwork. Despite this, she follows an impeccable sociological method to give a detailed analysis on the conditions, and the sufferings, the health working woman are coming through. Also, it is noteworthy to add that Dr Jafree's work is a living evidence how the Pakistan society is reflexive
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Weight in kg
0.46
Rights
World
Year of Publication
2017
Binding
Hardback
Pages
292 pages
