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The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has one of the world’s youngest populations. In the South Asian context it has the second youngest population, Afghanistan being the first. In Pakistan 64% of the population is under the age of 30 and in a few years this population will be the politicians and decision makers. The key to the future of the country lies within the motivations, ambitions and beliefs of this significant youth population. Pakistan provides a unique context in which to explore young people’s attitudes toward human rights with more than half the population being under the age of 30 and more than 90% of the population identifying as Muslim. Pakistan is one of the few Muslim states with a significant Shia and Sunni population. This chapter aims to draw together the views of the young people with regard to their attitudes toward human rights and their willingness to engage in action to support human rights and the extent to which that differs between sub-groups within the sample.
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Robbins, M., Hamid, S.N. (2021). Attitude Toward Human Rights: A Study Among Young People in Pakistan. In: Ziebertz, HG., Zaccaria, F. (eds) The Ambivalent Impact of Religion on Human Rights. Religion and Human Rights, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70404-9_11
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