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Debating Gender Justice in Asia (Penerbit USM)

Author : Rashidah Shuib,Noraida Endut,Diana Wong
Publisher : Penerbit USM
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789674610180

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Debating Gender Justice in Asia (Penerbit USM) by Rashidah Shuib,Noraida Endut,Diana Wong Pdf

This volume aims to provide critical and current materials on gender justice in Asia; a very much needed conversations given how much the region is integrated globally, and is rapidly changing economically and geo-politically. Shaped very much by economic, political and social development in the region, women’s condition and position in Asia, have seen marked improvements, but underlying the chapters are also inquiries into the slow and hampered progress towards Asian women achieving substantive justice and equality. The significance of the debates and discussions presented here is that they are the results of research-based efforts by gender academics and activists of all stages and levels of expertise across the Asian region. They seek to make sense of different contexts of continued gender-based discrimination and injustice that women face. In the discourse setting, the author stresses the importance of understanding gender justice as integral to both macro- and micro-economic, and social policies. The other chapters delve into interrogating indigenous feminisms as resistance, reinforcing the emerging knowledge that feminism exists in all cultural contexts; issues of low female labour force participation and the need to recognize the informal sector as work; violence against women with a focus on attitudes towards intimate partner violence, as well interrogating the link between empowerment and microcredit. The other chapters look at women in politics from the perspective of democratization process among grassroots women in Indonesia, and the muslimat in Malaysia. Given that Asia is a hotbed for migration, three chapters cover interestingly different groups of women from differing perspectives. The volume is, therefore, of great utility to academics, activists, students and policy makers alike in providing a fresh outlook in dealing with gender justice issues in Asia.

Gender Justice, Citizenship and Development

Author : Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay,Navsharan Singh
Publisher : Zubaan
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1552503399

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Gender Justice, Citizenship and Development by Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay,Navsharan Singh Pdf

Although there have been notable gains for women globally in the last few decades, gender inequality and gender-based inequities continue to impinge upon girls' and women's ability to realize their rights and their full potential as citizens and equal partners in decision-making and development. In fact, for every right that has been established, there are millions of women who do not enjoy it. In this book, studies from Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are prefaced by an introductory chapter that links current thinking on.

Gender and Sexuality Justice in Asia

Author : Joseph N. Goh,Sharon A. Bong,Thaatchaayini Kananatu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811589164

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Gender and Sexuality Justice in Asia by Joseph N. Goh,Sharon A. Bong,Thaatchaayini Kananatu Pdf

This book brings together a group of innovative scholars examining the contemporary issue of effecting gender and sexuality justice in the context of Asia, consonant with engendering a just, equitable and sustainable development for all. These grassroots initiatives are woven through three complementary sections of the book: gender justice in Asia, sexuality justice in Asia, and finding resolutions through conflict. The book foregrounds strategies that aim to call out and challenge existing gender and sexuality injustices with regard to women and the LGBTIQA+ community by: assessing the efficacy of gender mainstreaming policies through micro-credit schemes for women in East Java, Indonesia; proliferating the signifiers of the hijab (veil) by postmodern Malay-Muslim women or ‘Hijabistas’ within the consumerist culture of Malaysia; making visible the injustices of the Syariah legal system for non-Muslim women, and ground-breaking legislation that could potentially recognise same-sex marriages in Thailand; privileging the narratives of gay women diplomats within the highly masculinised field of diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region; foregrounding the narratives of Filipino gay men, intimate partner violence among young Indonesian Christian young people, masculine-identifying lesbians in Singapore, young LGBT people in rural Vietnam, and a Chinese-Muslim Malaysian female-to-male transgender person; and proposing new ways of becoming an inclusive church through the radical act of befriending persons living with HIV and AIDS in Southeast Asia. This book celebrates diverse and inclusive voices and strategies of gender and sexual agents of change in envisioning and bringing to fruition a just and transformative society for all. It is of interest to students and scholars researching gender and sexuality in areas of development studies, international relations, socio-legal studies, and literary studies.

Gender, the Environment and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific

Author : United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789213627334

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Gender, the Environment and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Pdf

This publication is the first Asia-Pacific report that comprehensively maps out the intersections between gender and environment at the levels of household, work, community and policy. It examines gender concerns in the spheres of food security, agriculture, energy, water, fisheries and forestry, and identifies strategic entry points for policy interventions. Based on a grounded study of the reality in the Asia-Pacific region, this report puts together good practices and policy lessons that could be capitalized by policymakers to advance the agenda of sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.

Gender and Islam in Southeast Asia

Author : Susanne Schroeter
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004242920

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Gender and Islam in Southeast Asia by Susanne Schroeter Pdf

The volume is the first comprehensive compilation of texts on gender constructions, normative gender orders and their religious legitimizations, as well as current gender policies in Islamic Southeast Asia and contributes on current debates on gender and Islam.

The Logics of Gender Justice

Author : Mala Htun,S. Laurel Weldon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108417563

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The Logics of Gender Justice by Mala Htun,S. Laurel Weldon Pdf

This book explains when and why governments around the world take action to advance - or undermine - women's rights.

The Future of Asian Feminisms

Author : Nursyahbani Katjasungkana,Saskia E. Wieringa
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443834698

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The Future of Asian Feminisms by Nursyahbani Katjasungkana,Saskia E. Wieringa Pdf

This book on the future of Asian feminisms, confronting fundamentalisms, conflicts, and neo-liberalism is a critical contribution to the rising voices of Asian women’s studies scholars and activists. It is based on the ongoing research and advocacy work of the Kartini Asia Network, founded in 2003 in Manila. The five overlapping themes of the network are women/gender studies, fundamentalisms, conflicts, livelihood and sexuality. Considering that the economic and political weight of the region is growing fast, and that the 21st century has been named the “Asian century,” Asia is increasingly recognised as the continent to which economic, if not political power, will shift in the coming decades. The chapters brought together in this volume demonstrate the great diversity of the “transversal cultural flow” that women’s movements within Asia provide. Members of the Kartini network stimulate the articulation of a particular “Asian voice” in women’s studies and in the global women’s movement. Considering the existing patriarchal structures all over the continent, a continuum of oppressions enfolds, from the global sphere of market exchange to emerging fundamentalisms and to bitter conflicts and struggles around sexualities. The present volume provides elements for the critical dialogues that are needed between women in the region, between women and men, between people in all sorts of strategic positions, and between theoreticians in the Global South and the Global North to create a world in which human dignity is not eroded by predatory economic processes and in which democracy, diversity, pluralism, and inclusivity are the guiding principles of governance.

Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific

Author : Melissa Crouch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781316518328

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Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific by Melissa Crouch Pdf

First comparative study of women judges in the Asia-Pacific based on empirical socio-legal research.

Climate Change and Gender Justice

Author : Geraldine Terry
Publisher : Practical Action Pub
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1853396931

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Climate Change and Gender Justice by Geraldine Terry Pdf

This book considers how gender issues are entwined with people's vulnerability to the effects of climate change. Vivid case studies show how women and men in developing countries are experiencing climate change and describe their efforts to adapt their ways of making a living to ensure survival, often against extraordinary odds.

Muslim Women and Gender Justice

Author : Dina El Omari,Juliane Hammer,Mouhanad Khorchide
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351025324

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Muslim Women and Gender Justice by Dina El Omari,Juliane Hammer,Mouhanad Khorchide Pdf

This volume brings together the work of a group of Islamic studies scholars from across the globe. They discuss how past and present Muslim women have participated in the struggle for gender justice in Muslim communities and around the world. The essays demonstrate a diversity of methodological approaches, religious and secular sources, and theoretical frameworks for understanding Muslim negotiations of gender norms and practices. Part I (Concepts) puts into conversation women scholars who define Muslima theology and Islamic feminism vis-à-vis secular notions of gender diversity and discuss the deployment of the oppression of Muslim women as a hegemonic imperialist strategy. The chapters in Part II (Sources) engage with the Qur’an, hadith, and sunna as religious sources to be examined and reinterpreted in the quest for gender justice as God’s will and the example of the Prophet Muhammad. In Part III (Histories), contributors search for Muslim women’s agency as scholars, thinkers, and activists from the early period of Islam to the present – from Southeast Asia to North America. Representing a transnational and cross-generational conversation, this work will be a key resource to students and scholars interested in the history of Islamic feminism, Muslim women, gender justice, and Islam.

Where Women Matter

Author : Rachel Samuel, Rohana Ariffin
Publisher : Penerbit USM
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789674615987

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Where Women Matter by Rachel Samuel, Rohana Ariffin Pdf

A strong polity provides political freedom, education, economic and social opportunities, transparency and protective security for its people. Sen’s capability theory, a social justice provider? Men and Women, are they likewise endowed? Are Papathy’s, Rasammah’s and Sundari’s poverty, situational, generational, absolute, relative, urban or rural? Media rides rough shod feminism bullied and dress codes change. MAS won, AirAsia and the Government lost when Bea, Shima and Nor became pregnant. The law is an ass. Avoid debt traps lest lawful unions be set asunder. Billa distributes drugs, Donna does dud cheques while Vera gets pregnant before marriage. Read all this in the real life compilation of Malaysian women.

A Kaleidoscope of Malaysian Indian Women’s Lived Experiences

Author : Premalatha Karupiah,Jacqueline Liza Fernandez
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811958762

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A Kaleidoscope of Malaysian Indian Women’s Lived Experiences by Premalatha Karupiah,Jacqueline Liza Fernandez Pdf

This book presents a compilation of chapters relating to the socio-cultural experiences of Malaysian Indian women. It includes a historical background covering Indian women’s migration to Malaya, and explores the lived realities of contemporary Indian women who are members of this minority ethnic group in the country. The authors cover a wide range of issues such as gender inequality, poverty, the involvement of women in performing arts, work, inter‐personal relationships, and well-being and happiness, drawing on substantial empirical data through a gendered lens. This book addresses the gap in the intersectional gender studies literature on minority groups of women in Malaysia, while simultaneously highlighting the multiple forms of subordination minority women - particularly Indian women - experience in society, including those that arise from gender‐ethnic intersectionality. In examining the case of Indian women in Malaysia, it also speaks to and enriches existing literature on the lives of minority groups of women in the Global South more broadly This anthology is beneficial to researchers and students in the social sciences, particularly in disciplines related to gender studies and minority studies. In addition, it is also useful for policy makers and social activists working with minority women in the Global South.

Women’s Activism in Malaysia

Author : Julian C. H. Lee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319789699

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Women’s Activism in Malaysia by Julian C. H. Lee Pdf

In this book, the author draws on over a decade of first-hand experience as an academic-activist and on interviews with women in Malaysia’s women’s rights movement. Despite a considerable array of challenges to their participation in the public and political spheres, the movement is especially vibrant. Presenting insights from feminist activists in Malaysia, the book explores the Women’s Candidacy Initiative’s efforts to promote independent women in Parliament; the work of women’s coalition the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality; how activists understand and experience the concept of feminism; and finally the place of men in feminism. Women’s Activism in Malaysia will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including gender studies, politics and sociology.

Women in Indonesia

Author : Kathryn Robinson,Sharon Bessell
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9812301593

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Women in Indonesia by Kathryn Robinson,Sharon Bessell Pdf

Women in Indonesia: gender, equity and development.

Negotiating Gender Equity in the Global South (Open Access)

Author : Sohela Nazneen,Sam Hickey,Eleni Sifaki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351245609

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Negotiating Gender Equity in the Global South (Open Access) by Sohela Nazneen,Sam Hickey,Eleni Sifaki Pdf

The fact that women have achieved higher levels of political inclusion within low- and middle-income countries has generated much speculation about whether this is reaping broader benefits in tackling gender-based inequalities. This book uncovers the multiple political dynamics that influence governments to adopt and implement gender equity policies, pushing the debate beyond simply the role of women’s inclusion in influencing policy. Bringing the politics of development into discussion with feminist literature on women's empowerment, the book proposes the new concept of ‘power domains’ as a way to capture how inter-elite bargaining, coalitional politics, and social movement activism combine to shape policies that promote gender equity. In particular, the book investigates the conditions under which countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have adopted legislation against domestic violence, which remains widespread in many developing countries. The book demonstrates that women’s presence in formal politics and policy spaces does not fully explain the pace in adopting and implementing domestic violence law. Underlying drivers of change within broader domains of power also include the role of clientelistic politics and informal processes of bargaining, coalition-building, and persuasion; the discursive framing of gender-equitable ideas; and how transnational norms influence women’s political inclusion and gender-inclusive policy outcomes. The comparative approach across Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Ghana, India, and Bangladesh demonstrates how advancing gender equality varies by political context and according to the interests surrounding a particular issue. Negotiating Gender Equity in the Global South will be of interest to students and scholars of gender and development, as well as to activists within governments, political parties, nongovernmental organizations, women’s movements, and donor agencies, at national and international levels, who are looking to develop effective strategies for advancing gender equality.