SEARCH ARTICLE

56 Pages : 551-561

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).56      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).56      Published : Mar 2020

Role, Status and Perception of Female Education Regarding Socio-Economic Development

    This research work is to explore the role, status and perception of female education with respect to a budgetary change in District Peshawar. Education changes people leadership and makes them live with flexibility. The objectives were (i) To find the perception of female education regarding socio economic status (ii) to know the role of women as mother, wife and daughter, is to be assessed. The research study was restricted to Peshawar. For the administration of the study tool, a random sampling technique was used. A simple random sample, of 240 participants, of Peshawar District was chosen randomly. The main findings of the study included: (1) Somewhere between 5,001 and 10,000 Rs, wages of a mind sweeping number of respondents were consistent. In all cases, most respondents earned different settlement wells to Rs.5000; (2) the mostly respondents ensured criticality for the female as the directorate deals with budgetary problems and personality

    Socio-Economic Status, Learner Achievement, Social Factors
    (1) Waqar Un Nisa Faizi
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Islamia College Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Wilayat Bibi
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Syed Shafqat Ali Shah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.

21 Pages : 204-214

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).21      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).21      Published : Jun 2021

Socio-Cultural Causes of the Increasing Rate of Maternal Mortality in District Lodhran, Pakistan

    This qualitative study conducted at District Lodhran, Punjab, Pakistan adopted a constructivist approach with an aim to investigate the social-cultural factors accelerating maternal mortality. The primary data was collected through in-depth interviews from 40 family members of deceased mothers and four focus group discussions, and the information for the secondary data pertaining to the victims of maternal death recorded in District Lodhran for the year 2016-17 was collected from the Health Department. The study concluded that there are various social and cultural practices, i.e. the practice of early marriages, repeated pregnancies with the wish of having a male child, treatment and living of pregnant women in the joint family system, and son’s preferences are the causative factors behind maternal mortality. The study recommends inculcation of awareness, especially among gestating women, regarding maternal health and associated factors, besides civil society’s measures for improvement and the government’s special attention towards the issue.

    Social Factors, Cultural Factors, Maternal Mortality, Early Marriages, Joint Family, Son’s Preference, Large number of Pregnancies
    (1) Khalil ur Rehman Sikandar
    PhD Scholar, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Niaz Muhammad
    Chairman, Department of Sociology, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Safdar Hussain
    Regional Program Manager, Quaid-e-Azam Academy Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.