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IMPACTS OF GENDER DISPARITY AND SOCIOEDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE ON LEGAL AWARENESS OF WOMEN INMATES A CASE STUDY OF PRISONS IN SINDH PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-III).13      10.31703/grr.2024(IX-III).13      Published : Sep 2024

Impacts of Gender Disparity and Socio-Educational Structure on Legal Awareness of Women Inmates: A Case Study of Prisons in Sindh, Pakistan

Abstract

    The study is an endeavor to undertake an in-depth analysis of the prevailing injustices faced by women inmates incarcerated in one of the merged prisons(merger of 2 districts)of Sindh Province Pakistan. It aims to explore how social norms, education system, and gender discrimination, collectively influence the women inmates' legal awareness and struggles for availing their legal rights and equitable treatment. By employing a mixed-method research design, including in-depth interviews with women inmates, questionnaires, and an interview guide with open-ended questions, the study uncovered the multifaceted barriers they encounter. The study also advocates fostering a more inclusive and gender-responsive criminal justice system and concludes that the intersectional nature of these challenges impacts legal awareness of women inmates and also has some significant implications for stakeholders and reformists in the context of entertaining the female inmates without gender discrimination as ensuring Article-4 of the 1973 constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

    Education System, Criminal Justice System, Gender Discrimination, Legal Rights, Socio-Legal Norms

    (1) Hira Alvi Khokhar
    MS ELM Scholar, Department of Education Management and Leadership, SZABIST University, Larkana Campus, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Tabinda Rani
    Lecturer, Department of Law, Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Fawad Hussain
    Associate Professor & Head of Research Center, Faculty of Management Sciences, SZABIST University, Larkana Campus, Sindh, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Khokhar, H. A., Rani, T., & Hussain, F. (2024). Impacts of Gender Disparity and Socio-Educational Structure on Legal Awareness of Women Inmates: A Case Study of Prisons in Sindh, Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IX(III), 131-141. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-III).13

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Khokhar, Hira Alvi, Tabinda Rani, and Fawad Hussain. 2024. "Impacts of Gender Disparity and Socio-Educational Structure on Legal Awareness of Women Inmates: A Case Study of Prisons in Sindh, Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IX (III): 131-141 doi: 10.31703/grr.2024(IX-III).13

HARVARD

    HARVARD : KHOKHAR, H. A., RANI, T. & HUSSAIN, F. 2024. Impacts of Gender Disparity and Socio-Educational Structure on Legal Awareness of Women Inmates: A Case Study of Prisons in Sindh, Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IX, 131-141.

MHRA

    MHRA : Khokhar, Hira Alvi, Tabinda Rani, and Fawad Hussain. 2024. "Impacts of Gender Disparity and Socio-Educational Structure on Legal Awareness of Women Inmates: A Case Study of Prisons in Sindh, Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IX: 131-141

MLA

    MLA : Khokhar, Hira Alvi, Tabinda Rani, and Fawad Hussain. "Impacts of Gender Disparity and Socio-Educational Structure on Legal Awareness of Women Inmates: A Case Study of Prisons in Sindh, Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IX.III (2024): 131-141 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Khokhar, Hira Alvi, Rani, Tabinda, and Hussain, Fawad (2024), "Impacts of Gender Disparity and Socio-Educational Structure on Legal Awareness of Women Inmates: A Case Study of Prisons in Sindh, Pakistan", Global Regional Review, IX (III), 131-141

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Khokhar, Hira Alvi, Tabinda Rani, and Fawad Hussain. "Impacts of Gender Disparity and Socio-Educational Structure on Legal Awareness of Women Inmates: A Case Study of Prisons in Sindh, Pakistan." Global Regional Review IX, no. III (2024): 131-141. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-III).13