• Designation: Lecturer
• Department: Sociology
• Extension Number: NA
• Email ID: shermeenbano@fccollege.edu.pk
• Office Number: NA

Education

• Masters of Arts in Sociology, New School, NY
• Bachelors in Behavioral Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rwp

Brief Profile

• Bano is a recipient of the Fulbright scholarship and has done her Master’s in Sociology from The New School for Social Research in New York. She was a gold medalist in the Undergraduate program of Behavioral Sciences in Fatima Jinnah Women University. She has many years of teaching experience, having taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Punjab University, University of Management and Technology, Quaid-e-Azam University, and Bahria University.
  She has also been a supervisor for undergraduate theses. Her research interests include examining gender and health in urban contexts. Ms. Bano has published some valuable academic papers in international journals including BMC public Health and Culture, Health and Sexuality.

Research Publications:

• Bano, S. (2023). Transgender migration and displacement: the experience of khwaja sira sex workers in Lahore. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1-16.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691058.2023.2234447

• Bano, S., Rahat, R., & Fischer, F. (2023). Inconsistent condom use for prevention of HIV/STIs among street-based transgender sex workers in Lahore, Pakistan: socio-ecological analysis based on a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 635.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-023-15550-w

• Yunas, A., Rahat, R., & Bano, S. (2023). Influence of Religiosity on Childbirth Satisfaction among Pakistani Women: A Multifaceted Exploration. Journal of History and Social Sciences, 14(1).

https://jhss-uok.com/index.php/JHSS/article/view/251

• Rahat, R., Bano, S., & Rubab, I. (2022). Policy Inaction on Gender Mainstreaming in Infrastructure Projects for Sustainable Development in Pakistan. Research Journal for Societal Issues, 4(1), 49-65.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/IramRubab/publication/366808226_Policy_Inaction_on_GenderMainstreaming Pakistan.pdf

• Saqlain, Z., Bano, S, Rahat, R., & Bughvi, A. S. (2021).  Identity Construction and Political Activism in South Asia: JRSP, 58(4).

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/RahlaRahat/publication/359108151_Identity_Construction_and Political_Activism_in_South_Asia_A_Case_of_Student_Wing_of_Peoples_Party_Pakistan_PPP_in_Punjab/links/62286775a39db062db8c9104/Identity-Construction-and-Political-Activism-in-South-Asia-A-Case-of-Student-Wing-of-Peoples-Party-Pakistan-PPP-in-Punjab.pdf

• Fatima, T, Hussain. B, Bano S, Zaidi R, & Shehzad A. (2021). Residents’ Opinions on Apartment Living in Lahore, Pakistan. Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research. 9(3) 266- 287

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=OPGb9UAAAAJ&citation_for_view=OP-Gb9UAAAAJ:9yKSN-GCB0IC

• Rahat, R., Bugvi, A, S., & Bano, S. (2021). Barriers to Utilization of Immunization Services Among Migrant Women in Lahore. PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt /Egyptology, 18(10), 2951-2961.

https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/10284

• Bano, S., Zafar, A., & Rahat. R. (2021). Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) During Pregnancy Among Women in Pakistan. PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology, 18(08), 5058-5068

https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/10289

• Bano, S., Rahat, R., & Bughvi, A. S. (2021). Memory, Place and Nostalgia: Cosmopolitan Nostalgia and Sufism in America. Pakistan Journal of Social Research, 3(4), pp. 704-712

https://pjsr.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/72.-Vol-3.-Issue-4.-Dec-2021-Bano-Rahat-and-Bugvi-Memory-Place-and-Nostalgia.pdf

• Bano, S & UlHaq, I (2019). Poly-symbolic Religiosity and the Dilemmas of American Sufism. Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization. 9(1)1-10

https://www.proquest.com/openview/207e8f1a5c65ca2d9218214318ea1adb/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=4461184

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