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Development of Feminist Psychology: A Pakistani Perspective

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This chapter reflects on the interplay of the changing status of women in Pakistan and its impact on the development of feminist perspectives in Psychology. It uses a historical framework to document the events that led to the incorporation of feminist ideas in the discipline of Psychology. The development of feminist ideas in Psychology goes hand in hand with the changing status of women and the institutional expansion of Psychology in Pakistan. This development can be categorized in four phases. Each phase reflects on the sequential sociopolitical parameters that facilitated the growth of feminist views in educational institutions across the country.

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  1. Institute of Psychology, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan

    Ruhi Khalid

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  1. Dept. Psychology, York University, Keele Street 4700, Toronto, M3J 1P3, Ontario, Canada

    Alexandra Rutherford

  2. Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall,, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom

    Rose Capdevila

  3. College of Arts and Commerce, Department of Psychology and Parapsychol, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 530 003, India

    Vindhya Undurti

  4. , African Centre for Migration and Society, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa

    Ingrid Palmary

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Khalid, R. (2011). Development of Feminist Psychology: A Pakistani Perspective. In: Rutherford, A., Capdevila, R., Undurti, V., Palmary, I. (eds) Handbook of International Feminisms. International and Cultural Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9869-9_7

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