Raana Mahmood

Courage to Say No

A Pakistani Female Doctor's Battle Against Sexual Exploitation

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Produktbeschreibung

Dr. Mahmood's story is a narrative of an Islamic woman standing up against sexual corruption in her home country of Pakistan and escaping from her abusers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Skyhorse Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781510742246
• ISBN-10: 1510742247
• Artikelnr.: 53303589

Autorenporträt

Dr. Raana Mahmood , a citizen of Pakistan, graduated from Peoples’ Medical College in Nawab Shah, Sind, Pakistan with a specialization is gynecology. After years of suffering domestic abuse and sexual assault at the hands of her husband, she eventually fled her home with her young son. Over the next two decades, Dr. Mahmood worked tirelessly helping many impoverished and neglected people obtain quality medical care. She wrote articles for the English and Urdu newspapers and magazines on elderly and women’s issues. In 2002, she received a fellowship from Federation of World Love and Peace at the U.N. In 2004, she was the recipient of a fellowship from ASHOKA International in the US. She is currently working with several organizations in New York, including the UN, ICNA, Humanist Organization, Scholars at Risk, HIAS, JASA, Upwardly Global, Dress for Success, Health Right International, Ashoka International, FOWPOL, Libertas Center, The Friedlander Group, and Make The Road. She lives alone in New York and continues to advocate for women’s rights to be free from sexual harassment at every opportunity.