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CSS Gender Studies Case Studies Flashcards
49 question-and-answer cards covering Case Studies as it is examined in CSS Gender Studies. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the Case Studies deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
What is the title of Malala Yousafzai's bestselling memoir?
'I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban' (2013), co-written with Christina Lamb.
What is the Malala Fund?
A non-profit co-founded by Malala and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai that advocates and funds 12 years of free, safe, quality education for girls worldwide.
Who is Ziauddin Yousafzai, and what was his role in Malala's activism?
Malala's father, an educator and school owner in Swat, who ran the school she attended and actively encouraged and supported her education advocacy; he is the UN Special Adviser on Global Education / co-founder of the Malala Fund.
What international award did Malala receive in 2011, before the shooting?
Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize (later renamed the National Malala Peace Prize); she was also nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize.
What broader gender-studies themes does the Malala Yousafzai case highlight?
Girls' right to education, militancy/Talibanization as a barrier to female schooling, youth and female agency/voice, education as empowerment, and the global politics of women's rights advocacy.
What degree did Malala Yousafzai earn, and from where?
A BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from the University of Oxford (Lady Margaret Hall), graduating in 2020.
Who is Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, and what is her main contribution to gender discourse?
A Pakistani documentary filmmaker and journalist who uses film to expose violence and injustice against women (acid attacks, honour killings), becoming Pakistan's most internationally acclaimed director and an Oscar winner.
Where and when was Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy born?
In Karachi, Pakistan, on 12 November 1978.
For which documentary did Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy win her FIRST Academy Award, and in what year?
'Saving Face' (2012), about acid-attack survivors in Pakistan and a reconstructive surgeon helping them; it won the 2012 Oscar for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
Who co-directed 'Saving Face' with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy?
American filmmaker Daniel Junge.
What social issue does 'Saving Face' (2012) address?
Acid-throwing attacks against women in Pakistan and the survivors' physical and social reconstruction, spotlighting the need for legislation and medical help.
For which film did Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy win her SECOND Academy Award, and in what year?
'A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness' (2016), about honour killings; it won the 2016 Oscar for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
What is the central subject of 'A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness' (2016)?
Honour killings in Pakistan, told through Saba, a young woman who survived being shot and thrown into a river by her father and uncle for marrying a man of her choice.
What is Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's historic 'first' among Pakistani filmmakers?
She is the first Pakistani to win an Academy Award (Oscar) — and went on to win two — and the first non-American to win the Emmy for documentary filmmaking.
How many Oscars and Emmys has Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won?
Two Academy Awards (2012, 2016) and an International Emmy Award (2010, for 'Pakistan: Children of the Taliban' / her current-affairs work).
What legislative/policy impact is attributed to Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's film 'A Girl in the River'?
It prompted then-PM Nawaz Sharif to pledge to change the law; in 2016 Pakistan passed the Anti-Honour Killings Laws (Criminal Amendment) Act, closing the loophole that let families 'forgive' honour-killing perpetrators.
What does Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's work demonstrate about media as a tool in gender activism?
That documentary film and journalism can drive legal and social reform by making invisible gender violence (acid attacks, honour killings) visible to national and global audiences and pressuring policymakers.
Name one Pakistani national honour awarded to Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
The Hilal-i-Imtiaz (2012), one of Pakistan's highest civilian awards (she was the first woman to receive it); she also received the Sitara-i-Imtiaz.
What forms of gender-based violence are collectively illuminated by these three case studies?
Mukhtaran Mai — rape/honour revenge and tribal-justice abuse; Malala — denial of girls' education and militant violence; Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy — acid attacks and honour killings (via film). Together they cover sexual, educational, and physical violence plus structural/cultural oppression.
Compare the primary methods of activism used by Mukhtaran Mai, Malala, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
Mukhtaran Mai — legal action plus grassroots school-building/welfare work; Malala — public advocacy, blogging, writing, and global campaigning (Malala Fund); Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy — documentary filmmaking and journalism that drives legislative change.
Which of the three case-study figures directly contributed to changing Pakistani law, and how?
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy — her film 'A Girl in the River' helped catalyze the 2016 anti-honour-killing legislation. (Mukhtaran Mai's case spurred debate on rape/jirga laws, and Malala's cause advanced education policy, but Sharmeen's link to a specific enacted law is the most direct.)
Which international awards distinguish each of the three figures?
Mukhtaran Mai — Glamour 'Woman of the Year' (2005) and human-rights honours; Malala Yousafzai — Nobel Peace Prize (2014); Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy — two Academy Awards (2012, 2016) and an Emmy.
What common thread links the home regions of Mukhtaran Mai and Malala Yousafzai in terms of gender oppression?
Both came from areas where patriarchal, customary or militant structures controlled women's lives — Mukhtaran Mai from rural Punjab dominated by caste-based jirga justice, and Malala from Taliban-controlled Swat (KP) where girls' schooling was banned — showing how local power structures restrict women.
Why are Mukhtaran Mai, Malala Yousafzai, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy studied together as 'case studies' in CSS Gender Studies?
They are real-world Pakistani examples of women resisting gender-based oppression through different channels (law/grassroots work, education advocacy, and media), illustrating concepts like agency, empowerment, honour-based violence, and the interaction of culture, law, and women's rights.
What this deck covers
The Case Studies deck follows the CSS Gender Studies Case Studies syllabus — 1 chapters and 3 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 49.0 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 182 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Case Studies flashcards FAQ
How many Case Studies flashcards are in this CSS Gender Studies deck?
49 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these CSS Gender Studies flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 49-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the Case Studies cards cover?
They follow the CSS Gender Studies Case Studies syllabus — 1 chapters and 3 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.