Interview with Nighat Said Khan [sound recording]

Nighat Said Khan interviewed about violence against women during Partition; experiences of abducted women; views on Partition


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 10 April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Khan; Nighat Said (fl 1997-2014); feminist and academic
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Summary: Nighat Said Khan interviewed about violence against women during Partition; experiences of abducted women; views on Partition
Main author: Khan; Nighat Said (fl 1997-2014); feminist and academic
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:16:01
Admin history: Nighat Said Khan is a prominent Pakistani feminist, social activist, and academic. She is the Dean of the Institute of Women's Studies, Lahore, Pakistan. She has been involved in oral history and research into women and Partition. She was the founder of Women's Action Forum and Director of Applied Socio-Economic Research (ASR) Resource Center for Women, a socialist-feminist cultural organization. Khan is a member of the Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy. She has been involved in oral history and research into wom ... View more
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Khan's office, Gulberg, Lahore, Pakistan
Access status: Open
Access conditions: MP3 audio file can be accessed on DVD-R in Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Users must bring their own headphones and computer to consult material.
Copyright: Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead
User restrictions: The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 200 words) can be published with an appropriate acknowledgement. Any publication of longer extracts or use of interviews for broadcast requires the prior written permission of Andrew Whitehead.
Language: English
Originals: MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 61, Side A
Copies: Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
Related material: Partial transcript and notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01
Publications: Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
Format: Archive