Abstract

The word ageing catches our attention as an impression of experience, respect, and knowledge while on the other hand it also expresses an image of weakness, loneliness and loss of power. The two thoughts combined with gender dimension signify that men to some extent and women usually are affected by ageing mostly. The Ageing Home-Based Women-Workers in Karachi is an outcome of a study portraying the challenges faced by old age women workers of the informal sector in Karachi. Prof. Dr. Nasreen Aslam Shah has contributed many published research work in the area of women and work. The Ageing Home-Based Women- Workers is an overview of the ageing women’s experiences narrated by these women. The uniqueness of the study lies in its connection with studies conducted earlier by the author similar issues (The Self-Employed Women in Pakistan, 1994).

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