A study of the role of women universities in development of the self

The research was designed to investigate the role pakistani women universities play or can play in the development of the self by critically analyzing multiple jeopardy women are subjected to, developing multiple consciousnesses of the oppressive situations and encouraging multiple mediations to effectively counter resistances. the research builds upon a premise that women universities/institutions hold an important role in fostering an independent, creative, and critical stance needed for development of the self. the research forwards a pertinent realization that literacy and economic empowerment does not yield an autonomous female self unless this is accompanied by changes in the perception of the women and the society at large. the research suggests the need for women universities to develop a feminist pedagogy, generate an indigenous theory and, thereby, lead to a stage of activism for ensuring pakistani women's claim to an autonomous self