2026 Vol.3 No.2 (In Progress)

From Displacement to Educational Mobility: Maternal Agency, Aid, and the Long Arc of One Afghan Refugee Family’s Transformation in Pakistan

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This article examines how displacement, maternal agency, and educational opportunity interacted over time in the life course of one Afghan refugee family that resettled in Pakistan during the 1980s. The study asks how a widowed mother and her children navigated exile, gendered constraints, and uneven aid structures to convert schooling into long-term social and professional mobility. Methodologica... more

Reviving Traditional Institutional Systems as a Strategy for Women’s Empowerment, Mental Health, and Cultural Continuity

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This article examines the revival of Tsuki, the traditional women-centred dormitory institution of the Ao-Naga community, as a culturally grounded framework for women’s empowerment, psychosocial well-being, and cultural continuity. Historically, Tsuki functioned as an Indigenous pedagogical and relational institution through which young women were socialized into communal ethics, moral discipline,... more