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Library & Archives
overview
Library & Archives
Pakistan’s most comprehensive Women’s Studies library — housing books, periodicals, audio cassettes, footage films, news clippings, and four decades of feminist archival material.
7,000+
Books
217
Periodicals
236+
Audio groups
2,000+
Clipping registers
introduction
Pakistan's foremost feminist knowledge repository.
The ASR Library is considered the most comprehensive Women’s Studies library in Pakistan. It houses primary empirical data on land, women’s representation in media, violence against women, religious minorities, partition narratives and agrarian studies — all available to researchers, students, academics, journalists, and activists on-site in Lahore.
Books Donated to GCU
ASR's donated collection at Government College University.
A substantial portion of ASR’s book collection has been donated to Government College University Lahore and is fully catalogued in the GCU library system.
External catalogue
GCU Library — ASR Collection
The complete catalogue of books donated by ASR Resource Centre to Government College University Lahore is maintained on the GCU library website. Browse the full list of titles online
Periodicals & Journals
National & international titles
The ASR Library holds an extensive collection of national and international periodicals, newsletters, journals and bulletins — covering women’s studies, gender and development, human rights, law, environment, labour, politics and literature.
International Periodicals & Journals
134 titles
Journals · Magazines · Newsletters · Bulletins
Asia · Europe · Americas · Africa
National Periodicals & Journals
94 titles
Newsletters · Magazines · Bulletins · Journals
Pakistan
Audio Cassettes Archive
236+ recordings. 1987–2013
A complete audio archive of ASR workshops, lectures, interviews, theatre festivals, conferences and field visits — spanning 26 years of feminist activism, scholarship and training.
Record of ASR Audio Cassettes — Full Register
1987–2013
Workshops · Lectures · Conferences · Interviews · Field Visits · Theatre
ASR Footage Films
Category-wise record of all footage films
Workshops, theatre festivals, women and religion interviews, ASR film production footage, IWSL public lectures, and conferences — recorded from 1988 onwards.
ASR Footage Films Record (Category Wise)
Workshops · Festivals · Interviews
Film Footage · IWSL Lectures · Conferences
1988 onwards
News Clippings Archive
Over 2,000 categorised clippings
One of the most extensive longitudinal collections of women’s issues coverage in Pakistan’s print media — spanning decades, organised by subject category.
List of News Clippings (Category Wise)
2,000+ registers
Organised by subject category
Pakistan press · Multi-decade coverage
IWSL Course Modules
Teaching materials from South Asia's pioneering feminist institute
Course modules developed for the Institute of Women’s Studies Lahore’s Certificate and Diploma programmes — covering feminist theory, history, political economy, law, media and the women’s movement.
Certificate Course Modules (1998–2004)
8 modules
History · Political Economy · Identity · Law · Media · Feminist Theory · Women’s Movement
Curriculum Modules for Public Sector Universities (2005–2006)
8 modules
Cultural Representation · Education · History · Conflict · Feminist Theory · Identity · Violence Against Women
Certificate Course Reading Lists
Module-by-module
Certificate Course in Multidisciplinary Women’s Studies 1998–2004
Short Workshop Reading Lists
31 workshops
1998–2011 · Conflict · Feminist Theory · Media · Law · Women’s Movement