Pakistan: Teaching gender equality in a patriarchal society

Mudassar Shah Peshawar | Shamshir Haider

Shehnaz Khan is a teacher in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a highly male-dominated area. Khan is using an informal teaching method to educate her pupils about gender equality. Mudassar Shah reports from Peshawar.

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