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Stolen childhoods behind closed doors: the hidden reality of child domestic labour in Pakistan
Read more: Stolen childhoods behind closed doors: the hidden reality of child domestic labour in PakistanDomestic work is one of the oldest and socially acceptable form of informal labour for women and the girl child in the informal labour sector. While no consolidated official statistics are available, the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that there were at least 8.5 million domestic workers in Pakistan.[1]The number is likely much higher, considering the difficulty of accounting for informal labour in the private sphere. Pakistan is one of…
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Migrant Filipino Domestic Workers in Pakistan; Agency, Rights and the Limits of the Law
Read more: Migrant Filipino Domestic Workers in Pakistan; Agency, Rights and the Limits of the LawDr Ayesha Shahid explores the question of whether international human rights and labour standards can provide protection and empowerment to migrant Filipino domestic workers through the feminist concept of ‘women’s agency’.
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To Register or not to Register? Reflections on Muslim Marriage Practices in Britain
Read more: To Register or not to Register? Reflections on Muslim Marriage Practices in BritainDr Ayesha Shahid in her recently co- authored article with Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali (University of Warwick) and Dr Justin Jones (Oxford University) available in Jahrbuch für islamische Rechtswissenschaft (Yearbook of Islamic Law), edited by Cefli Ademi and Mathias Rohe and published by C.H. Beck/Munich in 2020, examines practices regarding Muslim marriages (nikāhs) in Britain In Britain, entry on the civil register is required for a Muslim marriage to be…