Sara Rizvi Jafree. Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan. Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford University Press. 2017. 292 pages. Price Pak Rs 950.00

In: The Pakistan development review: PDR, Band 57, Heft 2, S. 249-252

Abstract

Sara Rizvi Jafree's book titled Women, Healthcare and Violence
in Pakistan is a detailed explanation and analysis of various forms of
violence perpetuated and exercised against women professionals in the
field of healthcare. The book details the quantitative and qualitative
evidences of violence against women in the healthcare domain of
Pakistan. For quantitative evidence, the author has cited sources from
the reports published by the World Health Organisation and academic
materials published in medical journals in the context of Pakistan. For
the qualitative evidence, the author has included both event-based and
experiential narratives of women who shared lived experiences of
violence with the author while she conducted her research with the
female health professionals of Punjab. The book is divided into seven
chapters, each highlighting the evidence of gendered violence in a
synchronic and hybridised way.