Nithya Sambasivan, Amna Batool, Nova Ahmed, Tara Matthews et al.
South Asia faces one of the largest gender gaps online globally, and online safety is one of the main barriers to gender-equitable Internet access [GSMA, 2015]. To better understand the gendered risks and coping practices online in South Asia, we present a qualitative study of the online abuse exper...
Nithya Sambasivan, Garen Checkley, Amna Batool, Nova Ahmed et al.
Maryam Mustafa, Kimia Tuz Zaman, Tallal Ahmad, Amna Batool et al.
We present findings from a three country study exploring the intersection between female intimate health and religious beliefs. Through a qualitative study with Muslim female populations in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Malaysia, three different Muslim majority contexts, we examine the deep impact Islami...
Nithya Sambasivan, Nova Ahmed, Amna Batool, Elie Bursztein et al.
South Asia has one of the world's largest populations—India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh alone are home to more than 20% of all people. The region is also one of the fastest-growing technology markets as a result of its increased infrastructure and growing affordability. Despite this progress, South As...
Nithya Sambasivan, Garen Checkley, Nova Ahmed, Amna Batool
This is a forum for perspectives on designing for communities marginalized by economics, social status, infrastructure, or policies. It will discuss design methods, theoretical and conceptual contributions, and methodological engagements for underserved communities. --- Nithya Sambasivan, Editor
Nosheena Akhter Shabbir, Sara Bashir Kant, Kainat Rashid, Uzma Hafeez et al.
BACKGROUND: As a major maternal health concern, the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among pregnant women was previously investigated in European, African, and Latin American regions other than the North American region. This study analyzed the prevalence of HIV among pregnant women ...
Fatima Batool, Amna Ilyas, Muhammad Fareed
This article aims to critically investigate the role of protest chants during the 2024 ouster of Prime Minister of Bangladesh, using Halliday's Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as an analytical framework within the larger context of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). Chants as a powerful tool f...
Mostafa Ahmed Abdellah Ahmed, Amna Batool, Madeeha Minhas, Abdul Rehman Khalil Shaikh et al.
Background Head and neck cancer (HNC) surrounds many malignancies that affect mucosal linings, lymphatic tissues, and salivary glands. The predominant subtypes include squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), and pleomorphic adenoma (PA). One long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) known as B-cell...