Ghazala Rahman Rafiq
غزالہ رحمان رفیق
Born
Pakistan
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Occupation(s)Assistant professor in Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Women's rights Activist
Known forFounding member of The Sindh Abhyas Academy (SAA) and Women's Action Forum

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]


References

  1. ↑ "Interview: Dr Ghazala Rahman Rafiq". Newsline.
  2. ↑ "Remembering a Revolutionary". Newsline. 27 February 2017.
  3. ↑ InpaperMagazine, From (9 March 2013). "Interview: Fighting the good fight". DAWN.COM.
  4. ↑ "History". www.generation.com.pk.
  5. ↑ Rafiq, Ghazala Rahman (2010). Language policy and education in Sindh, 1947-2010: A critical study (Thesis). OCLC 759569242. ProQuest 851547281.
  6. ↑ "Faculty of Education and Social Science – SZABIST".
  7. ↑ "'Sufis first bring people closer to their hearts, then to humanity'". The Express Tribune. 10 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Szabist opens Sindh studies academy". The Express Tribune. 13 August 2012.
  9. ↑ Hasan, Shazia (16 May 2019). "Karachi urged to help develop rural areas of Sindh". DAWN.COM.
  10. ↑ Jajja, Sumaira (18 September 2013). "'Consensus must on dams'". DAWN.COM.
  11. ↑ Jajja, Sumaira (30 October 2013). "Food security major issue for Sindh". DAWN.COM.
  12. ↑ "Top 08 Educationaist of Pakistan". Unipedia Edtech Pvt Ltd.
  13. ↑ "DAWN - Opinion; December 25, 2007". DAWN.COM. 25 December 2007.
  14. ↑ "I Remember…". The Friday Times. 16 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Ghazala Rahman Rafiq, Author at The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune.


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