Life as a feminist academic in Pakistan: Ayesha Khan

Published: Jan. 19, 2022, 7 a.m.

Ayesha Khan works with the Collective for Social Science Research in Karachi, Pakistan. She is author of The Women's Movement in Pakistan: Activism, Islam and Democracy (2018). Her post on that book here. In this podcast she:

  • Tells us about your work on feminism and politics in Pakistan
  • Discusses the dangers of being a feminist academic\xa0
  • Looks at the importance of Open Access publishing: 3 years on, her book has still not been published in Pakistan!
  • Explains her current work on a PhD by publication \u2013 what\u2019s the benefit? Why isn\u2019t it a bigger thing?
  • Finally, the link to the decolonization of academia