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- Creators: Arizona State University. Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology
- Creators: Brodock, Kate
- Creators: Clark, Kevin A., Ph.D.
- Creators: Gaughan, Monica
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Under-representation of women doctors in medical work force despite their overwhelming majority in medical schools is an intriguing social issue for Pakistan raising important questions related to evolving gender relations in Pakistani society. Previous research on the broader issue of under-representation of women in science has focused primarily on the structural barriers to women’s advancement. It does not account for the underlying subtle (and changing) gendered power relations that permeate everyday life and which can constrain (or enable) the choices of women. It also does not address how women are not simply constructed as subjects within intersecting power relations, but actively construct meaning in relation to them. It raises interesting questions about the cultural shaping of subjectivities, identities and agency of women within the web of power relations in a society such as Pakistan.
To analyze the underlying dynamics of this issue, this dissertation empirically examines the individual, institutional and social factors which enable or affect the career choices of Pakistani women doctors. Based on the ethnographic data obtained from in-depth, person centered, open ended interviews with sixty women doctors and their families, as well as policy makers and the stake holders in medical education and health administration in Lahore, Pakistan this dissertation seeks to address the complex issues of empowerment and agency in the context of Pakistani women, both in individual and collective sense.
Participation in medical education is ostensibly an empowering act, but dissecting the social relations in which this decision takes place reveals that becoming a doctor actually enmeshes women further in the disciplinary relations within their families and society. Similarly, the medical workplaces of Pakistan are marked by entrenched gendered hierarchies constraining women’s access to resources and their progression through medical career. Finally, the political implications of defining work in medicine, and devaluing care in capitalist economies is explored.
To analyze the underlying dynamics of this issue, this dissertation empirically examines the individual, institutional and social factors which enable or affect the career choices of Pakistani women doctors. Based on the ethnographic data obtained from in-depth, person centered, open ended interviews with sixty women doctors and their families, as well as policy makers and the stake holders in medical education and health administration in Lahore, Pakistan this dissertation seeks to address the complex issues of empowerment and agency in the context of Pakistani women, both in individual and collective sense.
Participation in medical education is ostensibly an empowering act, but dissecting the social relations in which this decision takes place reveals that becoming a doctor actually enmeshes women further in the disciplinary relations within their families and society. Similarly, the medical workplaces of Pakistan are marked by entrenched gendered hierarchies constraining women’s access to resources and their progression through medical career. Finally, the political implications of defining work in medicine, and devaluing care in capitalist economies is explored.
ContributorsMasood, Ayesha (Author) / Tsuda, Takeyuki (Thesis advisor) / Wutich, Amber (Committee member) / Gaughan, Monica (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2017
Description
Briefly explains how lack of monetary savings serves as a barrier to accessing to finance capital for women of color seeking to launch their own tech startup.
ContributorsBrodock, Kate (Author) / Women of Color in Computing Research Collaborative (Contributor)
Created2021 (year uncertain)
DescriptionFeatures projects advancing women of color in the tech field.
ContributorsArizona State University. Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (Contributor)
Created2020-20-21
Description
Features projects advancing women of color in the tech field.
ContributorsArizona State University. Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (Contributor)
Created2020
Description
Features projects advancing women of color in the tech field.
ContributorsArizona State University. Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (Contributor)
Created2021
Description
Features projects advancing women of color in the tech field.
ContributorsArizona State University. Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (Contributor)
Created2021
Description
Features projects advancing women of color in the tech field.
ContributorsArizona State University. Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (Contributor)
Created2021
Description
Features projects advancing women of color in the tech field.
ContributorsArizona State University. Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (Contributor)
Created2021
DescriptionProvides results of a national study of digital technology use among African American teens and their parents.
ContributorsRideout, Victoria J. (Author) / Scott, Kimberley A., Ed.D. (Author) / Clark, Kevin A., Ph.D. (Author) / Arizona State University. Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (Contributor)
Created2016
DescriptionProvides results of a study that examined the effects of a girl-centered culturally responsive educational program on self-concept.
ContributorsTao, Chun, M.S. (Author) / Scott, Kimberly Ann, 1969- (Contributor) / Arizona State University. Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (Contributor)
Created2017 (year uncertain)