Dr. Hussain Ali
Lecturer Department of Sociology Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan presented a
research paper in International
Conference on Gender Studies “Gender Misrepresentations” in Lucy Cavendish
College, University of Cambridge United Kingdom (1-2, December 2018).
The research
paper “Men’s Decision Making: The
Determinant of Home Delivery among Women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan” mainly focused to study the men’s
decision making and its influence on choice of delivery place among Pakhtun
Women in the study area (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).
The researcher presented the poor maternal health
condition in Pakistan and particularly in the study area. The presentation
covered the Three Delay (3D) model and conceptual framework to state the
various men’s dominant factors and their significant association with poor
maternal health.
The major findings show the highly significant correlation
between men’s decision making and women’s restriction from accessibility and
utilization of maternal health care in the study area. Similarly due to women
subordinate position they are confined to domestic sphere for antenatal care
and child delivery. Dr. Olena Lytovka & Anastasya Manuilova, London Center
for Interdisciplinary Research, United Kingdom chair the session. The chair
appreciated the work focused on one of the important gender issue and shared in
their views that women in Pakistan especially in the study area in the worse
health condition which need to addressed by the involvement of government
functionaries and civil society organizations. At the end of conference certificate
was presented to researcher by the chair.
