Khadija Tahir

Khadija Tahir is a Research Assistant specializing in Digital Humanities. She graduated from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in Politics and Economics, minoring in History.

In her role at IDEAS, she is working with Dr. Maryam S. Khan on interdisciplinary research in socio-legal studies, women’s movements, and public history, bridging these fields with digital humanities to make complex legal and historical narratives accessible to the public. She is currently contributing to the Sustaining Power: Women’s Struggles Against Contemporary Backlash in South Asia (SuPWR) project, where she has played a key role in developing a digital story on the Anti-Child Marriage Struggle in Pakistan.

Khadija’s research interests span gender studies, digital media & technology, and the public representation of socio-legal issues. She is particularly engaged with understanding how digital spaces serve as platforms for women’s empowerment and exploring the impact of technology on society. Previously, she has researched the influence of online communities on women’s identities and explored video games as educational tools, combining ethnographic and autoethnographic approaches.

With a foundation in digital and archival skills, she aims to contribute to research that enriches public discourse on women’s movements and the history of legal reforms in South Asia.