The negotiations of Pakistani mothers’ agency with structure: towards a research practice of hearing ‘<i>silences’</i>as a strategy

Research shows that in Pakistan, daughters of educated mothers are likely to be enrolled school, thus proposing a decontextualised relationship between and their daughters’ education. This article draws on interview data narratively analyse the situated experiences Pakistani for supporting When mothers’ life stories analysed, lifelong strategy silences is revealed. Through construct silences, I challenge myself other educational researchers ‘unlearn’ hegemonic epistemic cues bind us certain ways knowing instead develop critical openness perspectives become ‘hearers’. situates itself within debates justice – practice ‘hearing’ understand Pakistan.