scholarly journals Public Perception About Honour Killing: A Case Study Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province – Pakistan

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-123
Author(s):  
Shakeel Ahmed ◽  
Samia Barkatullah ◽  
Muhammad Arif
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Sexual Deviancy ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province ◽  
Honour Killing

To regulate the male and female sexual conduct, every society has approved channels, based on cultural value. Those who violate these codes of conduct are subject to social penalty irrespective of gender. Honour Killing is a type of social penalty, awarded to the violator of Honour. The concept of Honour varies from society to society and culture to culture. It is associated with sexuality, money, property, country, dignity and women. It is believed that ten of hundreds of women and men are killed on the pretext of either having actual illicit sex or perceived sex relation. To probe the nature and causes of the issue, an empirical study was conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province has an estimated population of roughly 21 million. The largest ethnic group is the Pashtuns who form about twothirds of the population. Pushtun who are also spelled Pakhtun or Pathan. Pashtuns love strong moral character. They do not allow moral corruption. For this research qualitative and quantitative data was collected through structured and unstructured interview guide. A total of 60 respondents were selected through stratified and purposive sampling techniques. Similarly, in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 out of 60 respondents for obtaining genuine information on the issue. It was found; that Honour killing is culturally induced, practiced and demonstrated on violation of sexual code of conduct. It is an old practice which exists since time unknown. This practice has been projected by media and human rights activist. Religions have no place for such killing. Islam stresses on prevention from sexual deviancy. It is not a social problem of NWFP, because its frequency is low as compared to other social problems.

scholarly journals Socio-Economic and Psychological Impacts of Covid-19: A Case Study of Quarantined Village Ziarat Talash in Dir Lower, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Azizullah Jan ◽  
Khalil Ur Rahman ◽  
Ihsan Ullah Khan
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Social Disruption ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
The Social ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

The global outbreak of coronavirus is conclusively attributed to the direct contacts and social interactions of individuals with one another. Because of the fatal nature of the virus and man being the major host for the virus, scientists have embarked upon/ intimidated people to practice social distancing so that the further spreading of the virus may be stopped. Such social distancing, including self-isolation, restriction of movement, lockdown, and quarantine has brought enormous social disruption in the lives of people. This paper aims to explore the social, psychological, and economic impacts of social distancing on the lives of the inhabitants in a quarantined village Ziarat Talash in District Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. For this purpose, 08 potential respondents in the mentioned village were purposively selected and their views were taken through in-depth interviewing. The collected data was analysed and the interviews were clubbed into three major themes including social, psychological, and economic impacts of self-isolation and quarantined life in the targeted locale of the study. It is concluded that self-isolation and social distancing through quarantine has seriously disrupted the social, economic, and psychological aspects of the inhabitants in the area.

General Elections 2013: A Case Study of Low Turnout of Women Voters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-140
Author(s):  
Hassan Shah ◽  
Syed Wasif Azim ◽  
Wajid Mehmood ◽  
Seema Zubair
Keyword(s):  
Primary Concern ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Cultural Barrier ◽  
Statistical Inferences ◽  
Data Survey ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
General Elections ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

The Constitution of 1973 offers direct elections under adult franchise in Pakistan. However, it is unfortunate that in every election of Pakistan, the ratio of female voters’ turnout remained low. This research is an attempt to discuss the potential causes of low female voters' turnout in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The study is based on quantitative data survey from six randomly selected districts from sub-geographical areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan including the districts of Lakki Marwat (Far South), Karak (South), Charsadda (Centre), Mardan (Centre), Lower Dir (North) and Chitral (Far North).The study utilizes Chi-square test for statistical inferences of dependent and independent variables. The research argues that the factors responsible for low turnout of women in these districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa can be categorized as administrative, cultural, political, and religious. The primary concern of respondents’ administrative obstacles were followed by cultural barrier and then by religious factors. Moreover, gender, the locality (district) and education of respondents cannot be ignored as they are key parameters as well.

scholarly journals Poverty, Migration and the Transmission of HIV/AIDS in District Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
S. Ullah ◽  
A. Naz ◽  
M.A. Khan ◽  
M.H. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Living Condition ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province ◽  
Hiv Aids

Poverty, a multifaceted concept has been defined as: hunger; lack of shelter; being sick and not being able to see a doctor; having no access to a job; lack of freedom: fear for the future. Historically, people have migrated from one place to another to increase their livelihood and improve the living standards of their left behind families, while the process of globalization has intensified the movement of people across the world. Although, migration has been an important source of remittance and help in socioeconomic uplift of migrant families, however; it has also negatively impacted migrants and their families. Migrants are exposed to different risks and vulnerabilities at their destinations, which exposes them to many other health problems including their exposure of contracting HIV/AIDS. This study was conducted in the District Lower Dir of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan with the objectives to know the relationship between poverty, migration and transmission of HIV/AIDS. The study was qualitative in nature while the selection of the sample has been made under the purposive sampling technique. Primary data was collected from 12 respondents through in-depth interview using interview guide. The collected information was analyzed thematically in order to clarify the issue under study. The study concluded that migrants: face unsafe environments; lesser access to information and health services; precarious working and living condition; exposure to risky behaviors which put them at risk of contracting the disease.

CASE STUDY: Regional Cultural Differences Within and Across Four Western European Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-47
Author(s):  
Nadine Waehning ◽  
Ibrahim Sirkeci ◽  
Stephan Dahl ◽  
Sinan Zeyneloglu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
Regional Markets ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Western European

This case study examines and illustrates within country regional cultural differences and cross border cultural similarities across four western European countries. Drawing on the data from the World Values Survey (WVS), we refer to the Schwartz Cultural Values Inventory in the survey. The demographic variables of age, gender, education level, marital status and income vary across the regions and hence, have significant effects on the cultural value dimensions across regions. The findings help a better understanding of the homogeneity and heterogeneity of regions withinand across countries. Both researchers and managers will have to justify their sampling methods and generalisations more carefully when drawing conclusions for a whole country. This case study underlines the limited knowledge about regional within country cultural differences, while also illustrating the simplification of treating each country as culturally homogeneous. Cross-country business strategies connecting transnational regional markets based on cultural value characteristics need to take these similarities and differences into account when designating business plans.

scholarly journals Can politically oriented interventions in built heritage contribute to its authenticity? Erbil Citadel’s Babylonian Gate as a case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Awadh Jasim ◽  
Laura Hanks ◽  
Katharina Borsi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Value ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
Projection Screen ◽  
Conflicting Demands ◽  
Existential Issue ◽  
Over Time

AbstractToday, the concept of built heritage authenticity is a projection screen for conflicting demands and thus a ‘contested field’. Short-sighted readings started to drag the concept behind different ill-considered treatises, in which some heritage aspects loosely outweighed other aspects. Archaeological perspectives that tend to freeze heritage structures in time, such as those that are privileged upon other contemporary socio-cultural issues, while political takes also overshadowed other epistemological prospects, and vice versa. Repercussions have made inclusion of what is regarded as ‘inevitable changes’ within the built context problematic as to the re-interpretation and thus assessment of its authenticity. Despite their possible momentary threat to the latter, these changes may add to the cultural value of the context over time, granting new potential that may instead boost its authenticity. This paper investigates the potential continuity of Erbil Citadel’s Babylonian Gate as an inevitable change within the site’s built context by studying the Gate’s controversial political impacts on the context’s authenticity. This study affirms that authenticity is a transcendental value of an open-ended progressive nature, which cannot be reduced to a specific period or properties within the historical chronology of built heritage. Hence, authenticity should be approached as a meaningful existential issue, while revelation of its essence and thus its dimension entails precise scrutiny of both the tangibles and intangibles of the context. However, to be part of its authenticity, any change in the context should be adaptable and possibly incorporated as a new value within its cultural strata, thus enabling progressive support for site authenticity.

scholarly journals The Value of “Social” Reputation: The Protection of MNE Workers from the Consumer’s Perspective

Global Jurist ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Giaconi ◽  
Lorenzo Giasanti ◽  
Simone Varva
Keyword(s):  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Social Ranking ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Social Reputation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Labour Standards ◽  
Additional Support

Abstract The virtually immediate information propagation has reduced the gap of knowledge once existing between MNEs and customers (i.e. Rana Plaza collapse, 2013). Consumers begin playing an important role in supporting workers. Their growing social awareness has clear economic consequences. MNEs have tried to react to the loss of social reputation, mainly adopting (and imposing to their suppliers) codes of conduct and ethics providing a minimum standard for decent work standards. This article aims to analyze the social reputation and social sustainability that have recently attracted stakeholders’ interest, from different points of view (MNEs, consumers, government and non-government organizations, unions). Those “new” forms of social initiatives (code of conduct, social ranking, consumers campaign, boycotting) are informative and could help to spread ILO labour standards. Clearly, they can represent only an additional support for workers who are struggling in the typical conflict between Work and Capital. The tendency to use a single parameter for assessing the social sensitivity of the MNEs, valid both for the countries “in development” and for those “already developed” risks to lead to a “race to the bottom” trend.

Cultural Identity and Continuity - Case Study of Authentic Conservation of Xi'an Bei Yuan Men Historic District

2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 1840-1846
Author(s):  
Hong Yan Li ◽  
Fei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Historic District ◽  
Development Mode ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The Core ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Authentic Development ◽  
Corresponding Analysis

This paper discusses cultural identity and continuity of historic district based on the principle of authenticity in conservation field. The objective is to find out appropriate solutions for a historic district and to keep its special cultural value. It develops corresponding analysis in both physical aspects and cultural aspects, emphasizing the living feature of a historic district. The author advocates that it is significant to keep local residents living in the district since they are the cultural carriers and the core to conserve their cultural identity. The paper advocates an authentic development mode in historic district.

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