Navtej K. Purewal|Naimatullah Hashmi
Between returns and respectability: parental attitudes towards girls’ education in rural Punjab, Pakistan
University of Manchester|Rawalpindi Medical University
article focuses upon perceptions girls education family context within decisions around childrens education opportunities madethe article presents framework showing parental attitudes girls education shaped objective logic framed notion returns relating potential benefits daughters education respectability relating girls modesty threats education may present normative expectations girlsdrawing upon data collected 2011 rural areas districts faisalabad jaranwala town chiniot tehsil chiniot province punjab study highlights assumptions around liberating effects education implicit global education programmes fail take account cultural values around gender norms central informing parental attitudes towards daughters prospects education