Feminism And The Women S Movement In Malaysia

Author : Maznah Mohamad,Cecilia Ng,tan beng Hui
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134188826

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Feminism and the Women's Movement in Malaysia by Maznah Mohamad,Cecilia Ng,tan beng Hui Pdf

Combining both personal and academic insights into the Malaysian women’s movement, this study provides an in-depth account of the multiple struggles of the Malaysian women’s movement, from securing gender equality in a patriarchal society to achieving unity among members of a multi-ethnic society that are further divided along class and religious lines. Most historical versions of national struggles have created icons out of male figures. The authors of this book have provided a corrective to this. They detail the importance of the role of the women’s movement, led by numerous unsung personalities in promoting social change in Malaysia. The book centres on a crucial argument: that in the context of an ethnically fragmented post-colonial, authoritarian society, an autonomous woman movement, which began in the early eighties had actually achieved significant political success. However the study observes that by the late 1990s, feminist issues were also readily appropriated by the state and the market, and also suggests that the emergence of ‘market feminism’ poses specific challenges for the future of the Malaysian women’s movement. This thorough and engaging account of feminism and the women’s movement in Malaysia will capture the interest of scholars, policy makers and activists.

Author : Julian C. H. Lee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 41,9 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.

Author : Cecilia NG
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349274208

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Positioning Women in Malaysia by Cecilia NG Pdf

Cecilia Ng documents the changing position of women in Malaysia. It is divided in three sections, each of which correspond to a different theme. The first section focuses on the role of the state in agricultural modernisation and its impact on rural women and the gender division of labour; the second explores the relationship of technological innovation and changing employment patterns in the industrial and digital economy. The final section attempts to link feminist theory and practice as articulated in the nascent Malaysian women's movement, and discusses the relevance of feminist theories in explaining the experiences of women in the developing world.

Author : Mina Roces,Louise Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136967993

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Women's Movements in Asia by Mina Roces,Louise Edwards Pdf

Women's Movements in Asia is a comprehensive study of women’s activism across Asia. With chapters written by leading international experts, it provides a full overview of the history of feminism, as well as the current context of the women’s movement in 12 countries: the Philippines, China, Indonesia, Japan, Burma, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Korea, India and Pakistan. For each of these countries the manner in which feminism changes according to cultural, political, economic and religious factors is explored. The contributors investigate how national feminisms are influenced by transnational factors, such as the women’s movements in other countries, colonialism and international agencies. Each chapter also considers what Asian feminists have contributed to global theoretical debates on the woman question, the key successes and failures of the movements and what needs to be addressed in the future. This breadth of coverage, together with suggestions for further reading and watching, and an integrated cross-national timeline makes Women's Movements in Asia ideal for use on courses looking at women and feminism in Asia. It will appeal both to students and specialists in the fields of gender, women’s and Asian studies.

Author : Sharon A. Bong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123214582

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The Tension Between Women's Rights and Religions by Sharon A. Bong Pdf

This study considers how localizing the integration of rights, cultures, and religion challenges the universality and secularization of the rights discourse and practice globally; the extent to which this bridges the disparity between the rhetoric and implementation of women's human rights in global and local contexts; and the embodiment of an Asian-Malaysian feminist standpoint epistemology that has the potential to reconcile the impasse of universal versus cultural relativism of rights. It offers a solution to the impasse of universalism versus relativism of rights in the rhetoric and practice of women's human rights.

Author : Rachel Samuel, Rohana Ariffin
Publisher : Penerbit USM
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,8 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.

Author : Claudia Derichs,Dana Fennert
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781443868020

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Women's Movements and Countermovements by Claudia Derichs,Dana Fennert Pdf

The relationship between social movements and their countermovements is an underrepresented research topic, given the bulk of social movement studies that have been published to date. Moreover, empirical research on this topic primarily covers certain geographic areas of the world, specifically what is commonly called the “global North”. The mobilization of religious and women’s movements against social change, which strive for a preservation of the status quo and can be held responsible for a delayed expansion of reform-oriented interest articulation, is a rare topic of social movement literature, too. The authors of this volume address the issue of women’s movements and countermovements in countries of Southeast Asia and the North African part of the MENA region. They arrive at interesting constellations of coalition and competition between state and non-state actors, and religious and secular movements, as well as within women’s movements. Covering case studies from Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco and Tunisia, the pattern of Islamist movements countering the goals of (Muslim) women’s movements emerges as dominant.

Author : Juanita Elias
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429602870

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Gender Politics and the Pursuit of Competitiveness in Malaysia by Juanita Elias Pdf

This book is concerned with how the pursuit of national economic competitiveness by states has come to be intertwined with a globalised gender agenda—one in which women and the household economy are seen as ‘untapped’ resources. In many East and Southeast Asian economies, competitiveness and the dangers of the middle-income trap dominate economic policy agendas: states’ commitments to gender equality goals are frequently framed around ‘business case’ logics in which women’s empowerment and women’s increased engagement in the productive economy is linked to the national economic project of building and enhancing competitiveness. This book looks to the case of Malaysia in order to assess how the increasingly dominant view that gender equality is ‘smart economics’ plays out in practice. Drawing upon extensive case study research and interview data, the book hones in on the complex gender politics that are at work within government initiatives that seek to enhance competitiveness via increasing women’s labour force participation, efforts to strengthen marriage and family life, and attempts to boost women’s entrepreneurialism and status within the corporate world. Providing an account of the gender politics at work within ongoing processes of state transformation in Asia, this book will appeal to researchers and students in gender studies, Southeast Asian studies, International Political Economy and public policy.

Author : Azza Basarudin
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295806341

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Humanizing the Sacred by Azza Basarudin Pdf

In recent years, global attention has focused on how women in communities of Muslims are revitalizing Islam by linking interpretation of religious ideas to the protection of rights and freedoms. Humanizing the Sacred demonstrates how Sunni women activists in Malaysia are fracturing institutionalized Islamic authority by generating new understandings of rights and redefining the moral obligations of their community. Based on ethnographic research of Sisters in Islam (SIS), a nongovernmental organization of professional women promoting justice and equality, Basarudin examines SIS members' involvement in the production and transmission of Islamic knowledge to reformulate legal codes and reconceptualize gender discourses. By weaving together women's lived realities, feminist interpretations of Islamic texts, and Malaysian cultural politics, this book illuminates how a localized struggle of claiming rights takes shape within a transnational landscape. It provides a vital understanding of how women "live" Islam through the integration of piety and reason and the implications of women's political activism for the transformation of Islamic tradition itself.

Author : Abida Samiuddin,Rashida Khanam
Publisher : Global Vision Publishing Ho
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Feminism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127769938

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Muslim Feminism and Feminist Movement by Abida Samiuddin,Rashida Khanam Pdf

The Sole Objective Of This Book, Muslim Feminism And Feminist Movement In South-East Asia Malaysia, Mauritius, Indonesia And Philippines, Is To Provide A Comprehensive Analytical Study Of The Nature And Motivation Of Feminism And Feminist Movement In Islamic Perspective. Here, We Are Presenting 14 Important Articles Of Eminent Scholars. All These Articles Basically Deal With General Patterns Of Feminist Movement And Its Impact On The Socio-Political And Legal Reforms In Family Law And The Status Of South-East Asian Muslim Women.

Author : Cecilia Ng,Noraida Endut,Rashidah Shuib.
Publisher : Penerbit USM
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789838617345

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Our Lived Realities: Reading Gender in Malaysia (Penerbit USM) by Cecilia Ng,Noraida Endut,Rashidah Shuib. Pdf

Our Lived Realities: Reading Gender in Malaysia is rooted in the concrete experiences of women (and men) in Malaysia. This first gender anthology, produced by the Women’s Development Research Centre (KANITA), is centred on the belief that scholarly discourses should not only be framed at the academic level but that they should also be grounded in people’s lived realities. This anthology is a collection of essays based on such empirical data utilising a feminist framework and a gender lens offering new insights into the understanding and analysis of local and national issues. It maps the landscape of women’s issues which have remained persistent and unresolved over the years – issues which are often seen by policy-makers as inconsequential to economic development, but yet they impact heavily on people’s lives, often violating their rights. This volume is significant in filling the void in the local literature in women’s and gender studies. The essays are relevant and cover a wide range of topics such as gender and literature, violence against women and women’s lack of political representation; women, gender and development discourses; local interventions among poor women; inadequacies of legal codes and procedures; and the shifting boundaries of Islam, jurisprudence and gender in Malaysia. It is a must read for academics, researchers, students – not only in women’s and gender studies but also to those in sociology, law and Islamic jurisprudence, economics and development. It should also be read by policy and decision makers including civil society activists who are concerned with issues of social and gender justice in Malaysia. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia

Author : Adeline Koh,Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317662914

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Women and the Politics of Representation in Southeast Asia by Adeline Koh,Yu-Mei Balasingamchow Pdf

Singapore and Malaysia are rapidly modernising, globalising Asian states which, although being distinct nations since 1965, share common elements in the on-going struggle over the meaning of gender and sexuality in their societies. This is the first book to discuss a range of discourses around gender in these two countries. Women and the Politics of Representation in Southeast Asia: Engendering Discourse in Singapore and Malaysia seeks to give an overview of how gender and representation come together in various configurations in the history and contemporary culture of both nations. It examines the discursive construction of gender, sexuality and representation in a variety of areas, including the politics of everyday life, education, popular culture, literature, film, theatre and photography. Chapters examine a range of tropes such as the Orientalist "Sarong Party Girl," the iconic "Singapore Girl" of Singapore Airlines, and the figure of pious Muslim femininity celebrated by Malaysian NGO IMAN, all of which play important roles in delineating limitations for gender roles. The collection also draws attention to resistance to these gender boundaries in theatre, film, blogs and social media, and pedagogy. Bringing together research from a variety of humanistic and social science fields, such as film, material culture, semiotics, literature and pedagogy, the book is a comprehensive feminist survey that will be of use for students and scholars of Women’s Studies and Asian Studies, as well as on courses on gender, media and popular culture in Asia.

Author : Jamilah Ariffin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015024725122

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Women & Development in Malaysia by Jamilah Ariffin Pdf

Author : Maznah Mohamad,Cecilia Ng,tan beng Hui
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134188833

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Feminism and the Women's Movement in Malaysia by Maznah Mohamad,Cecilia Ng,tan beng Hui Pdf

Combining both personal and academic insights into the Malaysian women’s movement, this study provides an in-depth account of the multiple struggles of the Malaysian women’s movement, from securing gender equality in a patriarchal society to achieving unity among members of a multi-ethnic society that are further divided along class and religious lines. Most historical versions of national struggles have created icons out of male figures. The authors of this book have provided a corrective to this. They detail the importance of the role of the women’s movement, led by numerous unsung personalities in promoting social change in Malaysia. The book centres on a crucial argument: that in the context of an ethnically fragmented post-colonial, authoritarian society, an autonomous woman movement, which began in the early eighties had actually achieved significant political success. However the study observes that by the late 1990s, feminist issues were also readily appropriated by the state and the market, and also suggests that the emergence of ‘market feminism’ poses specific challenges for the future of the Malaysian women’s movement. This thorough and engaging account of feminism and the women’s movement in Malaysia will capture the interest of scholars, policy makers and activists.

Author : Penny A. Weiss,Megan Brueske
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781479837304

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Feminist Manifestos by Penny A. Weiss,Megan Brueske Pdf

This book is a collection of 150 documents from feminist organizations and gatherings in over 50 countries over the course of three centuries. The manifestos are shown to contain feminist theory and recommend actions for change, and also to expand our very conceptions of feminist thought and activism. Covering issues from political participation, education, religion and work to reproduction, violence, racism and environmentalism, the manifestos challenge definitions of gender and feminist movements.