Debating Gender Justice in Asia.

Rashidah, Shuib.

Debating Gender Justice in Asia. - Gelugor : Penerbit USM, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (178 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Discourse Setting; Crisis and Beyond: Debating Gender Justice in Asia; Indigenous Feminisms as Resistance; Part II: Gender in Malaysia; 'Missing Women?' Analysing the Low Female Labour Force Participation Rates in Penang, Malaysia; Attitudes Towards Intimate Partner Violence of Indian Women in Malaysia; Empowerment and Livelihood Through Microfinance: The Case of 'Successful' Female Borrowers in Malaysia; Part III: Gender in Politics. Rural Women's Contested Empowerment in Indonesia: Analysing Research as ActionWomen and the 'New Politics' in Malaysia: The Case of the Muslimat; Part IV: Gender and Migration; Restructuring and Re-gendering of Space: Boundary Crossings of Taishang Wives; The Founding of a Migrating Subject: Women in Refuge; Changing Fate, Finding Voice: Female Return Migrants and Empowerment in Two Indonesian Villages; Contributors; Index; About This Book; Back Cover.



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Women's rights--Asia--Congresses.
Women's studies--Asia--Congresses.
Women--Social conditions--Asia--Congresses.


Electronic Books.

HQ1181 / .D433 2016