Publications by Maria Wani

'ISIS Brides' In the Court of Public Opinion: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment

Introduction The United Kingdom public was shocked by the story of the “Bethnal Green Trio”, three teenage girls who went to Iraq in order to become wives of Islamic State fighters. Of the three, two are now presumed dead; the last one – Shamima Begum – currently resides in a Syrian refugee camp after being stripped of her citizenship b...

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The Impact of Benazir Income Support Program on Female Voting in Pakistan

Introduction Benazir Income Support Programme is a female-focused welfare programme in Pakistan aimed at Poverty alleviation. Recently, it has been subsumed into the larger Ehsaas Welfare programme, and continues to provide unconditional cash transfers to millions of women across the country. The impact of the programme exists in multiple aspec...

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