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Fareeha Zafar

Dr. Fareeha Zafar is currently a Professor at the Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Lahore School of Economics where she has been working since 2013 teaching courses and supervising research on gender, population and education issues. She graduated from Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore and did her Masters in Geography from the University of the Punjab where she taught for several years before going on for a Phd from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. Dr. Zafar has twice been a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley and at Vassar College in the US. In 1990 she was designated as Director of the Women Studies Institute at the Punjab University. After teaching for 25 years she left the university and became the Director of the Society for the Advancement of Education (SAHE) where she managed several projects relating to education with special focus on the education of girls. She has also consulted with the World Bank, the UN and several other international development agencies, and, has travelled widely in the course of her work. Dr. Zafar is the author of two books, and has edited a number of books on issues related to women. She is also a founding member of the Women’s Action Forum (WAF) an organization for women’s rights set up in 1981.  

 

CV

  1. Zafar, F. (2025). Class, Gender and Society in the Harappan civilization. GIDS Working Paper 01-25. Lahore School of Economics.
  2. Arshad, A., Zafar, F., and Nawaz, A.(2024). Digital Transformation of Service Delivery in Punjab’s Health Sector - A Case Study of Hospital Information Management System.Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. XV.
  3. Zafar, F. (Ed). (2024). Women and Violence, Gender Inequality and Policy Series Vol II. Lahore School of Economics, Lahore.
  4. Zafar, F. (2024). Overview in Women and Violence, Gender Inequality and Policy Series Vol II, F. Zafar (ed). Lahore School of Economics, Lahore.
  5. Zafar, F.  and Khan. A. (2023). Women and the World of Work, F. Zafar and Khan, A. (eds). Gender Inequality and Policy Series Vol.I. Lahore School of Economics, Lahore.
  6. Zafar, F. (2023). Overview, in Women and the World of Work, F. Zafar and Khan, A. (eds). Gender Inequality and Policy Series Vol.I. Lahore School of Economics, Lahore.
  7. Zafar, F. (2022). Continuity and Change: Education narratives in the areas constituting Pakistan (1526-1947). GIDS Working Paper 02-22. Lahore School of Economics. Lahore
  8. Zafar, F. and Sami, A. (2021). Women’s Participation in Politics in Pakistan. GIDS Working Paper No. 06-21. Lahore School of Economics. Lahore
  9. Zafar, F. (2021). The Nexus of Infrastructure, Language and Class: A case study of selected China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) energy sites in the Punjab, GIDS Working Paper No. 03-21. Lahore School of Economics. Lahore.
  10. Zafar, F. (2020). CPEC Infrastructure, Language and Class Dynamics in Punjab, Pakistan” in China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) International Agreement: Language Planning and Policy, Lahore School of Economics. Lahore.
  11. Zafar, F. (2020). Language Planning and Policy for CPEC in China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) International Agreement: Language Planning and Policy, Lahore School of Economics. Lahore.
  12. Co-Editor, China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) International Agreement: Language Planning and Policy, 2020.Lahore School of Economics, Lahore.
  13. Zafar, F. (2017). Canals, colonies and class: British policy in the Punjab 1880-1940, Lahore School of Economics. Lahore.
  14. Zafar, F. (2017). The Making of the Pakistani Diaspora in The Pakistani Diaspora: Corridors of Opportunity and Uncertainty, (ed) Amjad, Rashid, Lahore School of Economics. Lahore.
  15. Zafar, F. (2017). The Pakistan Europe Corridor, in The Pakistani Diaspora: Corridors of Opportunity and Uncertainty, (ed) Amjad, Rashid, Lahore School of Economics. Lahore.
  16. Zafar, F. (2015). The Role of Donor Agencies in Education: Does it Pay?. GIDS Working Paper No. 01-15.
  17. Zafar, F. (2015). Reforming Gender Inequities in Education: Pakistan’s Girls Middle School Stipend, in Educational Crisis and Reform: Perspectives from South Asia (eds.) Abbas Rashid and Irfan Muzaffar, Oxford University Press.
  18. Zafar, F. (2014). Role of Donor Agencies in Education Reforms in Pakistan in Education Reforms in Pakistan, (eds) Memon, M., Ali, S., Oxford University Press.
  19. Out of School Children: Pakistan Country Study. For UNICEF, Islamabad. Co-author. 2012.
  20. Situation Analysis of Gender Disparity in Primary and Middle Education in Rawalpindi and Khanewal Districts (Punjab). 2010.
  21. Effectiveness of the Cluster Based Training Program of the Punjab Education Foundation. For the Department of Education, Lahore. June 2009.
  22. Situational Analysis of the Punjab Primary School Libraries Project. For GTZ, Lahore. April 2009.
  23. Assessment of School Councils’ Capacity Building Project for Integrated School Health. For UNICEF. September 2009.
  24. “Research Outcomes and Planning Change in District Faisalabad.” Paper presented at the Conference on Embedding Quality Education For All: District initiatives Across Pakistan, organized by the City District Government Faisalabad/SPU/GHK/DFID, Faisalabad. March 5-6, 2008.
  25. Promising Change: Six case studies on Whole School Development in Pakistan’s Faisalabad District. For the Strategic Policy Unit – Education, District Government Faisalabad. March 2008.
  26. Measuring Change: The Research Component Case Study, Faisalabad District. For the Strategic Policy Unit – Education, District Government Faisalabad. February 2008.
  27. Follow-up of Baseline Survey of K, I, II Student Learning Achievements in Faisalabad District. For the Strategic Policy Unit – Education, District Government Faisalabad. October 2007.
  28. “Issues of Gender in Education in Pakistan” in Commonwealth Education Partnerships 2007. Published for the Commonwealth Secretariat by Nexus Partnerships. 2007.
  29. Achieving Education for All: Pakistan -Promising Practices in Universal Primary Education A Handbook for Education Policy Makers and Practitioners in Commonwealth Countries Quality UPE Good Practice Series. February 2007. Co-author.
  30. Baseline Survey of Class Eight Student Learning Achievements in Faisalabad District. For the Strategic Policy Unit – Education, District Government Faisalabad. July 2007.
  31. Baseline Survey of Class Four Student Learning Achievements in Faisalabad District. For the Strategic Policy Unit – Education, District Government Faisalabad. November 2006.
  32. Baseline Survey of K, I, II Student Learning Achievements in Faisalabad District. For the Strategic Policy Unit – Education, District Government Faisalabad. November 2005.
  33. “Creating Alternatives: A Case Study from Pakistan The SAHE Community Based School Programme for Girls”, paper presented at the Lessons from promising practices and Implications for Scaling Up Girls Education: A South Asian Workshop, Chandigarh, India, 20-23 September 2004. Organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat, Education Section, Social Transformation Programmes Division, UK.
  34. Gender Review of Education in the Punjab 2003-04. For UNICEF. July 2004.
  35. Report on Girls’ Dropout before Completion of Primary Education in the Punjab. For UNESCO. 2004.
  36.  “Report on the Status and Role of Education NGOs in the Punjab”. For DFID. 2003.
  37. Fiscal Devolution in Education: Case Study Reflecting Initial Responses, Government of Pakistan, Decentralization Unit-EFA Wing in collaboration with UNESCO, Paris/Islamabad. July 2003.
  38. School Centered Decentralization: Provincial Case Studies (Punjab). For the World Bank, 2002.
  39. Rural class formation in the Punjab under colonial rule. Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Vol. XXIII, No.4, December 1989.
  40. The Changing Pattern of Indebtedness and Land Transfers in the Punjab Canal Colonies During British Rule. Zeitschrift fur Wirtschafts geographie, Jg29 (1985) Heft 2, S. 126-136.
  41. Impact of Irrigation on Land Tenure in the Punjab. Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Vol. XXIII, No.1, Jan. 1984 - Dec. 1984.
  42. Land Tenure in the Punjab. Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society. Vol. XXII. No.4. Jan. 1982 - Dec. 1983.
  43. Policy, Institutions and Agricultural Production: The Punjab Colony Districts, 1880 to 1940. Pakistan Geographical Review, Vol. 37, No.1&2, 1982.
  44. Irrigation and cropping patterns in the Punjab Canal Colony Districts, 1890-91 to 1940- 41, Pakistan Geographical Review, Vol. 36, No. 1&2, 1981.
  45. Changes in land price in the Punjab Canal Colony Districts, 1881-1931, Pakistan Geographical Review, Vol. 35, No. 1 &2, 1980.

 

Books

  • Editor, Women and Violence, Vol. II, Gender Inequality and Policy Series, 2024. Lahore School of Economics, Lahore. (under publication).
  • Co-Editor, Women and the World of Work, Vol.I, Gender Inequality and Policy Series, 2023. Lahore School of Economics, Lahore.
  • Co-Editor, China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) International Agreement: Language Planning and Policy, 2020.Lahore School of Economics, Lahore.
  • Author of Canals, colonies and class: British policy in the Punjab 1880-1940, Lahore School of Economics 2017. Lahore.
  • Editor of Finding Our Way: readings on women in Pakistan, ASR publications 1991. Lahore.