Suffering in Silence

The Resilience of Pakistan’s Female Journalists to Combat Sexual Harassment, Threats and Discrimination

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12909249
AutoresJamil (0000-0003-0524-7355, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume14
Fascículo2
Páginas150-170
Data de publicação2020-02-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2020.1725599
OpenAlexW3006077054
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas51
Referências citadas31

Pakistan’s journalists confront severe safety risks across the country and impunity to crimes against them allows the perpetrators to go unpunished. Now the country is recognized as one of the deadliest places for working journalists in the world. Given this situation, the Pakistani female journalists are more vulnerable because they are not only prone to safety risks and sexual harassment, but also they face gender discrimination when it comes to their recruitment and equal pay-scale. In the past decade, there has been an alarming increase in attacks on female journalists and incidents of their sexual harassment in Pakistan. Notwithstanding the growing plague of sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the country, the resilience of female journalists to work within a threatening and prejudiced environment has not yet fully explored and analysed. Therefore, drawing on the postcolonial feminist theory, this study aims to investigate the Pakistani female journalists’ lived experiences of sexual harassment, threats and discrimination. The study also analyses the impacts of sexual harassment, threats and gender discrimination on the country’s female journalists. To achieve the aforementioned aims, this study uses the qualitative methods of in-depth interviews and focus groups discussion, and offers a thematic analysis of qualitative data

Criminology · Focus group · Harassment · Human rights · Impunity · Political science · Qualitative research · Silence · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East