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In its Spring 2003 Bulletin No. 4, the Council of Social Sciences (Islamabad, Pakistan) announced:
"Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan has decided to establish an award in the name of late Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan...The award will be given to the best social sciences book written during a year...
COSS is grateful to:
...Mr. Nasim Yousaf for contributing Rs...to Akhtar Hameed Khan Award."
Mr. Nasim Yousaf conveyed his heartiest thanks to Dr. Inayatullah, President of the Council of Social Sciences (COSS), for establishing the award in the name of Dr. Khan.
For more information on the award, please refer to the contact information below:
COSS
E-mail: cosspakistan@yahoo.com
Web Site: http://www.coss.sdnpk.org
Below are the minutes from the meeting held on September 19, 2005:
With donation from National Rural Support Programme (NRSP) and other persons, the Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan (COSS) has established an annual Award of Rs. 50,000/- in memory of the renowned social worker and social scientist late Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan. The Award will be given every year on October 9, the birthday of Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan, to the best book by a Pakistani author published during a financial year (July to June) written in any of the following fields (i) rural/urban development (ii) peace (iii) poverty and its alleviation and (iv) gender discrimination. However, for this year Award, the books written July 2001 to June 2005 were also eligible.
After the announcement of the Award, a press release was issued to the press, which was published in all the major national newspapers. (Dawn on Aug. 23, Nation on Aug. 25, The News on Aug. 25, and Daily Times on Aug. 31. The announcement also appeared in Dawn Books and Author section on Sept. 4.)
A total of 17 books (Annex – A) were recommended for the Award. COSS Executive Committee comprising Dr. Inayatullah, Dr. Rais Ahmad Khan and Dr. Zarina Salamat met on September 13 to review the books. Dr. Saeed Shafqat also attended the meeting. The Committee short listed the following four books for the Award.
1. Taboo by Fauzia Saeed (2001)
2. Between Chaddor and the Market: Female Office Workers in Lahore by Jasmin Mirza
3. Women Verses Man Social-Legal Gender Inequality in Pakistan by Rashida Patel
4. Hazardous Home-based Sub-contracted Work: A Study of Multiple Tiered Exploitation by Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Saba Gul Khattak and Sajid Kazmi
A Selection Committee comprising the following was constituted to select the book for the Award.
1. Dr. Inayatullah, President, Council of Social Sciences (COSS), Islamabad
2. Dr. Mohammad Waseem, Chairman, Department of International Relations, QAU
3. Ms. Nigar Ahmad, Chairperson, Aurat Foundation, Lahore
The Selection Committee met in COSS office on September 19, 2005.
Four books were considered in the final assessment for the first Akhtar Hameed Khan award. The first book Taboo deals with important social issues concerning the singing and dancing girls in Lahore’s Shahi Mohalla. The approach in the study is based on a large number of cases, stories and perceptive observations of the author. The second book Between Chaddor and the Market deals with the newly emerging subject: of working women in an office setting. The problem exists in many contemporary socities. The focus of the study is on a local context, within a changing environment. It is in the nature of a very good reportage on gender issues. The third book Woman vs Man is a good catalogue of issues in the gender perspective within a legal framework. The author refers to the social context and has made a large number of analytical observations. The fourth book Hazardous Home-Based Subcontracted Work adopts a systematic qualitative and quantitative interdisciplinary approach to the study of home workers, specifically, incense stick makers, carpet weavers, sack stitchers and prawn shellers. The book analyzes the macro-framework in the globalised trading agreements, the role of the intermediaries at various levels, their practices and economic returns, the social and economic situation at the workplace and the household, and the effect of home-based work on health, education and culture of women and children. The study compares these households with those not engaged in home-based work. The sub-cultural factors are highlighted such as conflicts between Bengali, Burmese, Gujrati and Urdu speaking communities. The social dynamics of culture and macro and micro-economic interaction with the household economy are interwoven in the analysis. A detailed summary of findings and recommendations is given at the end with copious references to other studies in the field. It is a valuable addition to the existing literature on home-based workers in Pakistan.
In our opinion the book Hazardous Home-Based Subcontracted Work stands out among those considered and is worthy of the award of the first Akhtar Hameed Khan Memorial Award 2005.
The Selection Committee unanimously selected Hazardous Home-based Sub-contracted Work: A Study of Multiple Tiered Exploitation by Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Saba Gul Khattak and Sajid Kazmi for the Award.
Sd/ Sd/. Sd/. (Dr. Inayatullah) (Dr. Mohammad Waseem) (Ms. Nigar Ahmad)
Source: Council of Social Sciences
Product Details
Language: English
Pages: 230 pages
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195978382
About the Author(s)
Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Visiting Professor of Economics, Mount Holyoke College, Saba Gul Khattak, Executive Director, SDPI, and Sajid Kazmi, Co-ordinator Advocacy, SDPI, Islamabad