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Institute of Development & Economic Alternatives | A research hub for rigorous, evidence-based knowledge on economic and social development in Pakistan
Lahore, Pakistan
Joined July 2011
IDEAS and Bazm-e-AaLam present the latest instalment of the Book Talk Series, Refugee Cities: How Afghans Changed Urban Pakistan, with Dr. Sanaa Alimia and moderated by @MaryamShKhan.
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Catch an insightful roundtable discussion on the contours of socio-legal scholarship today, with a special focus on South Asia. ▶️ Watch the recording here:
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Read IDEAS Research Fellow @MaryamShKhan’s contribution to SLR’s 20th Anniversary Issue, offering a detailed and reflexive survey of the sites of emergence and development of socio-legal research in Pakistan. 🔗
SLR's Special 20th Anniversary Issue is out now! Volume 20(2) reflects on two decades of socio-legal inquiry from India, South Asia, and beyond—through legal history, anthropology, mitigation practice, comparative method & institutional memory. Read here:
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We're excited to share that IDEAS Research Fellow @MaryamShKhan will be speaking at the launch of the special 20th Anniversary Issue of the Socio-Legal Review (SLR)! . 📌 Don’t miss this important conversation — register here: .🗓️18 June | 3 PM IST.
It’s finally here! India, South Asia, and Beyond—SLR’s ambitious 20th Anniversary Issue takes stock of the field. Join us on 18 June, 3 PM IST for its launch + round-table with our authors on what socio-legal inquiry means today. Q&A to follow! Register:
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IDEAS Research Fellow Dr. @MaryamShKhan outlines her collaborative work on law in South Asia in this thread. Read more:.
1) Since 2020 I've had the pleasure of collaborating on multiple intellectual projects with fellow-scholars from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka & Nepal. I dream of a time when we can all sit together anywhere in South Asia & brainstorm over our collective histories and experiences!.
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🎨 View the full SuPWR Virtual Exhibition here to explore all 16 struggles from across South Asia:
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📸 SuPWR Exhibition.From December 16–18, 2024, IDEAS co-hosted the SuPWR Exhibition at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) as part of the Pathways to Development Conference. 📷
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📚 Explore our Wakelet archive for legal judgments, news articles, and case material related to child marriage in Pakistan:.
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📽️ As part of the SuPWR exhibition, our digital archive on the struggle against child marriage—curated by Khadija Tahir—maps the fight for reform across legal, social, and regional dimensions. 🔗
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📝 From the SuPWR Blog Series:.Child Marriage in Pakistan: Legal ambiguities & landmark judgments – Mahnaz Shujrah. 🔗 Child Marriage in Pakistan: Conversations with Activists – Mahnaz Shujrah. 🔗
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As part of the SuPWR project, research assistants at IDEAS have been documenting and analyzing the struggle against child marriage in Pakistan. Read ahead to learn why the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025 in the Islamabad Capital Territory is an important milestone,.
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📽️ Read more about the anti-child marriage struggle: 🧾 Explore a digital archive mapping the history of the struggle against child marriage: Infographic by: @Khadijatah1r.
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🏛️ Legislative change is a long road. The passage of the 2025 Child Marriage Restraint Act in Islamabad marks a major milestone in the struggle against child marriage in Pakistan. This timeline traces the legal, social, and political struggle that made this reform possible.
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🖼️ Visit the SuPWR virtual exhibition, featuring 16 women’s struggles across South Asia:.🔗
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📽️ Learn more about the struggle:.🔗 🧾 Explore the digital archive mapping the legal, social & activist history:.🔗
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The passage of the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025 in ICT, raising legal age of marriage for girls to 18, is a major milestone. This law is more than legislative reform—it is the outcome of a long, collective women’s struggle to sustain power in the face of systemic resistance.
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🎙️ Using rich qualitative methods—interviews, struggle diaries, focus groups, and theater-based workshops—the study centers the voices of those on the front lines. Their stories show how feminist advocacy, legal strategy & coalition-building help movements sustain power.
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📍The research spans 3 jurisdictions:.• Islamabad & Punjab – where legislative reform to raise the legal marriage age to 18 has faced repeated pushback. • Sindh – where a 2013 law exists, but enforcement remains weak and contested.
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📍Led by Research Fellow @MaryamShKhan, this 5-year longitudinal study documents how civil society actors and state allies have pushed for reform despite deep resistance.
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🌍 SuPWR Spotlight | Sustaining Power Against Child Marriage in Pakistan. As part of the @su_pwr project, IDEAS has been studying how women’s movements in Pakistan sustain gains against backlash. A key focus: the struggle against child marriage led by civil society actors.
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