World Policy On Air, Ep. 84: The Upstairs Wife

from World Policy Institute · host David Alpern

Increased urbanization and the spread of social media have facilitated unprecedented political awareness and workforce participation among Pakistani women, but these shifts have been accompanied by growing acceptance of polygamy and a recent rise in honor killings like that of web star Qandeel Baloch. On this week’s episode of World Policy On Air, activist and author Rafia Zakaria considers the complex and contradictory role of women in the country's divisive history. World Policy On Air Archive

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