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Education mobility at the cost of widening gender gap? The silent women behind Pakistani male students’ success stories in China

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Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Pages: 1 - 18

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/14649373.2024.2426385

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This study examines the gendered consequences of “South-South” education mobility, through a four-year longitudinal study with Pakistani international students in China. China’s extensive scholarship programme has significantly contributed to the transnational education mobility of lower-income Paki...

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ISSN: 1464-9373 1469-8447
Published: Informa UK Limited 2024
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description This study examines the gendered consequences of “South-South” education mobility, through a four-year longitudinal study with Pakistani international students in China. China’s extensive scholarship programme has significantly contributed to the transnational education mobility of lower-income Pakistani students who would otherwise not be able to study overseas. However, behind this mobility lies a staggering gender imbalance. Extant research has pointed to an approximate 1:10 gender ratio between Pakistani female and male students in China. This is also reflected in the sample of this study, with 16 male and no female participants, despite efforts to include both genders. Pakistani male students and graduates have made progress in their education and subsequent careers without delaying marriage or fatherhood. These “success stories” build on the compromises of female family members and make the male Pakistani student the centre of the support network. Transnational female domesticity reproduced gender division between Pakistan and China, allowing female family members to continue shouldering care responsibility and risks associated with migration. This paper bypasses methodological barriers to accessing female absence in the host country. It questions the lack of gender sensitivity in the Pakistan–China education pathway and stresses the risk of further gender inequalities in the Global South.
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