Ghazala Rahman Rafiq Explained

Ghazala Rahman Rafiq
Native Name:غزالہ رحمان رفیق
Birth Place:Pakistan
Alma Mater:University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Occupation:Assistant professor in Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Women's rights Activist

Ghazala Rahman Rafiq (Urdu: غزالہ رحمان رفیق) is an educationist, and social reformer from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. She is daughter of the eminent Hassanally A. Rahman. [1] She was one of the founder members of Women's Action Forum in 1981.[2] [3] [4]

Education and career

Rafiq did her Ph.D in Education from University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.[5] [6] After completing her PhD, Rafiq as an academic[7] was interested to preserve Sindhi language. She is director of The Sindh Abhyas Academy (SAA) which is housed at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Karachi.[8] [9] [10] [11] The institute offers education for the subject of Sindh Studies including Sindh’s history, geography, culture, economics, anthropology and philosophy for undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Publications

In addition to that she is a freelance writer and has written numerous articles on Education Policy in Sindh and Pakistan.[12] She has also written in Dawn News,[13] The Friday Times[14] and The Express Tribune.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview: Dr Ghazala Rahman Rafiq . Newsline . en.
  2. Web site: Remembering a Revolutionary . Newsline . en . 27 February 2017.
  3. News: InpaperMagazine . From . Interview: Fighting the good fight . DAWN.COM . 9 March 2013 . en.
  4. Web site: History . www.generation.com.pk . 2020-12-03 . 2020-11-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201124013803/https://www.generation.com.pk/history . dead .
  5. Rafiq . Ghazala Rahman . 2010 . Language policy and education in Sindh, 1947-2010: A critical study . . 759569242 .
  6. Web site: Faculty of Education and Social Science – SZABIST .
  7. News: 'Sufis first bring people closer to their hearts, then to humanity' . The Express Tribune . 10 February 2018 . en.
  8. News: Szabist opens Sindh studies academy . The Express Tribune . 13 August 2012 . en.
  9. News: Hasan . Shazia . Karachi urged to help develop rural areas of Sindh . DAWN.COM . 16 May 2019 . en.
  10. News: Jajja . Sumaira . ‘Consensus must on dams’ . DAWN.COM . 18 September 2013 . en.
  11. News: Jajja . Sumaira . Food security major issue for Sindh . DAWN.COM . 30 October 2013 . en.
  12. Web site: Top 08 Educationaist of Pakistan . Unipedia Edtech Pvt Ltd . en.
  13. News: DAWN - Opinion; December 25, 2007 . DAWN.COM . 25 December 2007 . en.
  14. News: I Remember… . The Friday Times . 16 January 2015 .
  15. Web site: Ghazala Rahman Rafiq, Author at The Express Tribune . The Express Tribune . en.