Farhan Navid Yousaf
Biographic Data
| ID | 317075 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Farhan Navid Yousaf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Farhan Navid |
| FAMILY NAME | Yousaf |
| SIGNATURE | YOUSAF F N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Punjab |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5604-3921 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Politics in Indonesia: Democracy, social networks and youth political participation
Social networks have a wider influence on youth political participation, providing the opportunity to remain actively engaged in socio-political issues aiming for good governance in Indonesia. The study highlights the pertinent role of social networks, social ties, and trends in increasing participation among youngsters in Indonesia’s political spheres. The study uses quantitative research to gather data from university students. Social networks …
On migrants, violence and the contours of colonised knowledge
Knowledge hierarchies between the Global North and South have ensured that powerful scholars in the North disseminate theories that claim to explain contemporary social patterns across the world. Many Southern theories have identified and emphasised aspects of power relations that underlie North-based explanations. These correctives, which often indicate the continuing colonial roots of current Northern explanations, are critical for understandin…
A failure or success: A qualitative analysis of post-disaster relocation among survivors of 2010 floods in Pakistan
An exploratory study on the life recovery experiences of flood affected farmers in South Punjab-Pakistan
We conducted this qualitative study to explore the life recovery experiences of farmers in one of the worst flood-hit districts of Pakistan. Data were gathered in August 2020, ten years after the disastrous 2010 floods, which hit a significant population of the country. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted to document the subjective evaluation of the study participants with regard to restoration and readjustment of routi…
Bans on women's voting: An intersection of caste, gender, and class in Punjab, Pakistan
Pakistan ranks lowest in women's vote-casting turnout on the global gender gap index in South Asia. Political participation of women is consistently low and there is a quite obvious gender gap in voting throughout Pakistan's constituencies. One of the most important reasons behind this gap in voter turnout is the informal bans on women to cast their votes. This qualitative study unpacks the interplay of caste, patriarchy, and normative stances of…
Cultural dynamics of digital space: Democracy, civic engagement and youth participation in virtual spheres
Gender, Political and Economic Instability, and Trafficking into Forced Marriage
This article showcases the lived experiences of Afghan women and girls trafficked into forced marriage in Balochistan province of Pakistan and identifies the processes that lead to their exploitation. Situating forced marriage within the ambit of human trafficking, the study highlights the gendered/aged/classed aspects of the phenomenon and unveils how it is linked to other forms of trafficking. Women and girls trafficked into forced marriage exp…
An assessment of the structural relationship between determinants and implications of caste-based endogamy in Pakistan
This study aims to examine the socio-economic determinants and implications of caste-based endogamy in Punjab, the largest province of Pakistan. It also measures the structural relationship between determinants and implications of endogamy. For this cross-sectional study, 488 respondents were randomly selected from three Punjab province districts with inclusion criteria of being married within their caste. A path modelling and multigroup analysis…
Effect of Personal-Networking and Social Exclusion on Social Well- Being among Transgenders
The present research was aimed to find the association between personal networking, social exclusion,and social well being among transgenders. Under the quantitative approach of study, the correlational design of there search was employed to evaluate the affiliation amid personal networking and social well being. Systematic sampling techniques and strategy were used to collect data of 350 transgender people having age ranges (18-60) years from fo…
Sociocultural Challenges in the Implementation of Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Results From a Qualitative Study in Punjab, Pakistan
Informed public health measures are crucial to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. The sociocultural context is important to understand the success or failure of implementing public health measures. This study explores the social and behavioral response to COVID-19 and unveils challenges in the implementation of related public health measures in Pakistan. Within this qualitative study, we conducted 34 telephonic/online in-depth interviews with youths, ad…
Combating Street Harassment: A Challenge for Pakistan
Although street harassment has become an alarming issue in Pakistan, no efforts have been made to collect/compile data of this phenomenon. Drawing on in-depth interviews with teachers of public sector colleges in Pakistan and lawyers, this study highlights the understanding and experiences of the college teachers about street harassment and the status of current legislation to counter the malaise. The study highlights the gendered/aged aspects of…
Living religions across transnational spaces: Experiences of South Asian American Hindu and Muslim women
This paper focuses on women of Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin in the US diaspora to examine how religious identities unfold within multi-layered transnational structures that range from political histories and events to active webs of family and community relationships that stretch across the diaspora. Our analysis draws on focus groups and interviews with highly educated Hindu and Muslim women in the US. For these women, approaches to …
Youth at risk: The alarming issue of drug addiction in academic institutions in Pakistan
Forced migration, human trafficking, and human security
This article situates forced migration amid intersections of burgeoning human insecurities that force increasing numbers of people to leave their homes and become susceptible to exploitation. Drawing upon data on trafficking in Pakistan, the author argues that marginalized groups often go through multiple migrations that can include episodes of trafficking for sex, labor, or other purposes. The disjuncture between policies and realities on the gr…
Beyond saving faces: Survivors of acid attacks in Pakistan
I am only half alive: Organ trafficking in Pakistan amid interlocking oppressions
This article delves into the gendered/classed phenomenon of organ trafficking based on ethnographic and archival data from Pakistan. Drawing upon experiences of victims of organ trafficking, the authors situate trafficking for organ trade within a global-national-local political economy of human trafficking. They argue that the theoretical focus on women in discussions of gendered sex trafficking, and a separate discussion on labor trafficking co…
Forced migration, human trafficking, and human security
This article situates forced migration amid intersections of burgeoning human insecurities that force increasing numbers of people to leave their homes and become susceptible to exploitation. Drawing upon data on trafficking in Pakistan, the author argues that marginalized groups often go through multiple migrations that can include episodes of trafficking for sex, labor, or other purposes. The disjuncture between policies and realities on the gr…
Bans on women's voting: An intersection of caste, gender, and class in Punjab, Pakistan
Pakistan ranks lowest in women's vote-casting turnout on the global gender gap index in South Asia. Political participation of women is consistently low and there is a quite obvious gender gap in voting throughout Pakistan's constituencies. One of the most important reasons behind this gap in voter turnout is the informal bans on women to cast their votes. This qualitative study unpacks the interplay of caste, patriarchy, and normative stances of…
Cultural dynamics of digital space: Democracy, civic engagement and youth participation in virtual spheres
Living religions across transnational spaces: Experiences of South Asian American Hindu and Muslim women
This paper focuses on women of Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin in the US diaspora to examine how religious identities unfold within multi-layered transnational structures that range from political histories and events to active webs of family and community relationships that stretch across the diaspora. Our analysis draws on focus groups and interviews with highly educated Hindu and Muslim women in the US. For these women, approaches to …
Beyond saving faces: Survivors of acid attacks in Pakistan
I am only half alive: Organ trafficking in Pakistan amid interlocking oppressions
This article delves into the gendered/classed phenomenon of organ trafficking based on ethnographic and archival data from Pakistan. Drawing upon experiences of victims of organ trafficking, the authors situate trafficking for organ trade within a global-national-local political economy of human trafficking. They argue that the theoretical focus on women in discussions of gendered sex trafficking, and a separate discussion on labor trafficking co…
Beyond saving faces: Survivors of acid attacks in Pakistan
I am only half alive: Organ trafficking in Pakistan amid interlocking oppressions
This article delves into the gendered/classed phenomenon of organ trafficking based on ethnographic and archival data from Pakistan. Drawing upon experiences of victims of organ trafficking, the authors situate trafficking for organ trade within a global-national-local political economy of human trafficking. They argue that the theoretical focus on women in discussions of gendered sex trafficking, and a separate discussion on labor trafficking co…
Forced migration, human trafficking, and human security
This article situates forced migration amid intersections of burgeoning human insecurities that force increasing numbers of people to leave their homes and become susceptible to exploitation. Drawing upon data on trafficking in Pakistan, the author argues that marginalized groups often go through multiple migrations that can include episodes of trafficking for sex, labor, or other purposes. The disjuncture between policies and realities on the gr…
Youth at risk: The alarming issue of drug addiction in academic institutions in Pakistan
Effect of Personal-Networking and Social Exclusion on Social Well- Being among Transgenders
The present research was aimed to find the association between personal networking, social exclusion,and social well being among transgenders. Under the quantitative approach of study, the correlational design of there search was employed to evaluate the affiliation amid personal networking and social well being. Systematic sampling techniques and strategy were used to collect data of 350 transgender people having age ranges (18-60) years from fo…
Sociocultural Challenges in the Implementation of Covid-19 Public Health Measures: Results From a Qualitative Study in Punjab, Pakistan
Informed public health measures are crucial to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. The sociocultural context is important to understand the success or failure of implementing public health measures. This study explores the social and behavioral response to COVID-19 and unveils challenges in the implementation of related public health measures in Pakistan. Within this qualitative study, we conducted 34 telephonic/online in-depth interviews with youths, ad…
Combating Street Harassment: A Challenge for Pakistan
Although street harassment has become an alarming issue in Pakistan, no efforts have been made to collect/compile data of this phenomenon. Drawing on in-depth interviews with teachers of public sector colleges in Pakistan and lawyers, this study highlights the understanding and experiences of the college teachers about street harassment and the status of current legislation to counter the malaise. The study highlights the gendered/aged aspects of…
Living religions across transnational spaces: Experiences of South Asian American Hindu and Muslim women
This paper focuses on women of Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin in the US diaspora to examine how religious identities unfold within multi-layered transnational structures that range from political histories and events to active webs of family and community relationships that stretch across the diaspora. Our analysis draws on focus groups and interviews with highly educated Hindu and Muslim women in the US. For these women, approaches to …
Gender, Political and Economic Instability, and Trafficking into Forced Marriage
This article showcases the lived experiences of Afghan women and girls trafficked into forced marriage in Balochistan province of Pakistan and identifies the processes that lead to their exploitation. Situating forced marriage within the ambit of human trafficking, the study highlights the gendered/aged/classed aspects of the phenomenon and unveils how it is linked to other forms of trafficking. Women and girls trafficked into forced marriage exp…
An assessment of the structural relationship between determinants and implications of caste-based endogamy in Pakistan
This study aims to examine the socio-economic determinants and implications of caste-based endogamy in Punjab, the largest province of Pakistan. It also measures the structural relationship between determinants and implications of endogamy. For this cross-sectional study, 488 respondents were randomly selected from three Punjab province districts with inclusion criteria of being married within their caste. A path modelling and multigroup analysis…
Bans on women's voting: An intersection of caste, gender, and class in Punjab, Pakistan
Pakistan ranks lowest in women's vote-casting turnout on the global gender gap index in South Asia. Political participation of women is consistently low and there is a quite obvious gender gap in voting throughout Pakistan's constituencies. One of the most important reasons behind this gap in voter turnout is the informal bans on women to cast their votes. This qualitative study unpacks the interplay of caste, patriarchy, and normative stances of…
Cultural dynamics of digital space: Democracy, civic engagement and youth participation in virtual spheres
A failure or success: A qualitative analysis of post-disaster relocation among survivors of 2010 floods in Pakistan
An exploratory study on the life recovery experiences of flood affected farmers in South Punjab-Pakistan
We conducted this qualitative study to explore the life recovery experiences of farmers in one of the worst flood-hit districts of Pakistan. Data were gathered in August 2020, ten years after the disastrous 2010 floods, which hit a significant population of the country. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted to document the subjective evaluation of the study participants with regard to restoration and readjustment of routi…
Politics in Indonesia: Democracy, social networks and youth political participation
Social networks have a wider influence on youth political participation, providing the opportunity to remain actively engaged in socio-political issues aiming for good governance in Indonesia. The study highlights the pertinent role of social networks, social ties, and trends in increasing participation among youngsters in Indonesia’s political spheres. The study uses quantitative research to gather data from university students. Social networks …
On migrants, violence and the contours of colonised knowledge
Knowledge hierarchies between the Global North and South have ensured that powerful scholars in the North disseminate theories that claim to explain contemporary social patterns across the world. Many Southern theories have identified and emphasised aspects of power relations that underlie North-based explanations. These correctives, which often indicate the continuing colonial roots of current Northern explanations, are critical for understandin…
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