Karin Ask is no longer affiliated with CMI.
Publications

Journal Article | 2000
Solidaritet med Afghanske kvinner- til kva pris?
Karin Ask (2000)
in Kvinneforsking vol. 24 no. 2

Edited Book | 1998
Women and Islamization, Contemporary Dimensions of Discourse on Gender Relations
The current Islamic revival is frequently associated with fundamentalism and radical politics. This reinforces Western perceptions of Islamic women as victims of a sexist and reactionary rule. What many outsiders...
Karin Ask, Marit Tjomsland (1998)
Oxford: Berg 199 p.

Book Chapter | 2008
"Women Gender and Human Rights: Afghanistan"
Karin Ask (2008)
in Suad Joseph: Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures. Leiden: Brill vol. 6

Book Chapter | 2005
Tradition and Change: Afghan Women in an Era of War and Displacement
Afghan women, Religious traditions,Transformations, Transmission
Karin Ask (2005)
in Inger Marie Okkenhaug and Ingvild Flaskerud, eds.: Gender, Religion and Change in the Middle East. Two Hundred Years of History.. Oxford: Berg pp. 191-205

Book Chapter | 2005
Legal Pluralism and Transitional Justice in Afghanistan. A Gender Perspective.
Afghanistan, Local law, Women, Human Rights
Karin Ask (2005)
in Lone Lindholt and Sten Schaumburg- Müller ,eds.: Human Rights in Development Yearbook 2003: Human Rights and Local/Living Law. Leiden/Boston/Oslo: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers/ Nordic Human Rights Publications pp. 347-369

Book Chapter | 1995
Veiled experiences: Exploring female practices of seclusion
Karin Ask (1995)
in Kirsten Hastrup & Peter Hervik (eds.): Social experience and antropological knowlegde. London: Routlegde pp. 65-77

Book Chapter | 1995
Repayment of old loans through new loans: is "cross-finiancing" a problem for the Grameen Bank?
Karin Ask, Arne Wiig and Erlend Sigvaldsen (1995)
in Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 46 p.

Book Chapter | 1993
Ishq aur Mohabbat: Ideas about love and friendship in a northern Pakistani community
(Cross-cultural perspectives on women series vol. 8)
Karin Ask (1993)
in Broch-Due, Vigdis, Ingrid Rudie & Tone Bleie (eds.): Carved flesh cast selves. Gendered symbols and social practices. Oxford/ Providence: Berg Publisher pp. 207-223

Commissioned Report | 2007
Kjønns- og likestillingsrettet utviklingssamarbeid. Kartlegging av kompetansemiljø i Norge
Rapporten skal kartlegge norske institusjoner og forskere som jobber med kjønn og utviklingsspørsmål innen emner som godt styresett, energi, miljø, fred og forsoning, rettigheter, helse, migrasjon, utdanning, statistikk og metode....
Karin Ask og Siri Lange (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 45 p. (Commissioned by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry)

Commissioned Report | 2002
Afghanistan and Civil Society
This report starts with an introduction to the debate on the concept of civil society,
paying particular attention to Muslim societies where traditional forms of civil
society associations are dominant. This then...
Kristian Berg Harpviken, Arne Strand, Karin Ask (2002)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 22 p.

Report in External Series | 1995
Afghanistan og framtida: mennesklege ressusar og utfordringar.
(The Norwegian Afghanistan Committee Annual Meeting in Bergen, October 1995)
Karin Ask (1995)
Bergen pp. 31-33

Commissioned Report | 1993
Socio-economic effects of training programs for refugees. An evaluation of Norwegian Refugee Council's and Norwegian Church Aid's income generating programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan
(Report 1993:4)
Karin Ask, Are Knudsen and Astri Suhrke (1993)
Oslo: Norwegian Refugee Council 58 p.

CMI Report | 2001
Humanitarian challenges in Afghanistan: Administrative structures and gender and assistance
The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has rapidly deteriorated over the last months, as the conflict between the Taliban and the international community has intensified. UN sanctions and isolation has strengthened...
Arne Strand, Karin Ask and Kristian Berg Harpviken (2001)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2001:4) 32 p.

CMI Report | 1997
Women and islamisation- carving a new space in muslim societies
(Forthcoming 1998 under the title: Women and Islamisation. Contemporary Dimensions of Discourse on Gender Relations by Berg Publishers, Oxford/New York)
Karin Ask and Marit Tjomsland (1997)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 1997:3) 141 p.

CMI Report | 1997
Repayment of old loans through new loans. Is cross-financing a problem for Grameen Bank?
This study analyses the problem and extent of cross-financing in the Grameen Bank system. The main finding is that cross-financing is rarely a problem. However, survey data indicate that long-term...
Karin Ask, Arne Wiig and Erland Sigvaldsen (1997)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 1997:5) 54 p.

CMI Working Paper | 2008
Kjønns- og likestillingsrettet utviklingssamarbeid
Denne rapporten ble skrevet vinteren 2006/2007 som innspill til NORAD/UDs kartlegging av nasjonal kompetanse på kjønn og likestillingsspørsmål i utviklings-sammenheng. Gjennomgangen viser at det er personer med kompetanse på kjønn...
Karin Ask, Siri Lange (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2008: 4) 39 p.

Journal Article | 2003
Retorikk og realiteter. Kvinners erfaring med Sharia i Pakistan
Karin Ask (2003)
in Babylon. Tidsskrift om Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika vol. 1 no. 2 pp. 42-54

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2017
How do securitisations and militarisation affect educational spaces in the trans border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Karin Ask (2017)
Presented at: EADI conference Bergen (21-23 August )

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2017
An ethnographic analysis of the Pakistan law against blasphemy
Karin Ask (2017)
Presented at: Nordic Shariah Workshop (19-20 October) at the centre for Middle Eastern studies UiB

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2014
’Grenser for sikkerhet? Analyse av bio makt, symbol og praksis i konstruksjon av grenser og kontroll av internt fordrivne i grenseprovinsen KhyberPakhtunkhwa Pakistan’
Innlegget tar utgangspunkt empirisk i intervju med internt fordrivne frå dei føderalt administrerte stammeområda –FATA-på grensa mot Afghanistan. Korleis fungerer «interne» grenseprosesser og praksiser ? Innlegget konsentrer seg om analyse av...
Karin Ask (2014)
Presented at: Norsk Antropologisk årskonferanse, Bergen mai 2014

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2006
"Mind the Gap! On the Mischiefs of Interaction Between Local and Global Law. A Gender Perspective on the Changing Afghan Framework for Negotiations of Gender Justice.
Karin Ask (2006)
Presented at: NORASIA IV, September 2006

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2005
Religious representations of the female , legal pluralism and human rights in Afghanistan: a gender perspective
Karin Ask (2005)
Presented at: the Conference Religion and Gender at the University of Lancaster, Department of Religious Studies, Lancaster May 2005

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2002
Gendering humanitarian assistance: A discussion of humanitarian intervention and local negotiation in two Afghan communities
Karin Ask (2002)
Presented at: EASA Conference, Copenhagen, August 2002

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2002
The shaping of civil society in war-torn Afghanistan; Gender relationships as focal points
Karin Ask (2002)
Presented at: EASA Conference; panel on Political Religion and Civil Society, Krakow, July 2000

Presentation/Lecture | 2010
Democratic Transitions and Gendered Exceptions. Women's rights under fire in KhyberPakthunkwah
Gendering Asia presentasjon
Karin Ask with Farhat Taj (2010)
Nordic Asia Institute, Copenhagen November 2010
Projects

Caught between a rock and a hard place?
Jan 2009 - Dec 2010
Gender (in)justice - Pakistan
Nov 2003 - Nov 2006
Courts in transition
Jan 2005 - Dec 2005
Gendered differentiated assistance in situations of conflict
Jan 1996 - Jan 2000
Women and Islamisation: Comtemporary dimensions of discourse on gender relations
Jan 1994 - Jul 1998