Our lived realities : reading gender in Malaysia / editors, Cecilia Ng, Noraida Endut, Rashidah Shuib.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Ng, Cecilia, 1950- editor.

Noraida Endut, editor.

Shuib, Rashidah, editor.

Series:

Siri kecetakan akademik.

Academic imprint series / Penerbit USM

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Malaysia--Attitudes.

Women.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc--Malaysia.

Malaysia--Social life and customs.

Malaysia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Glugor], Pulau Pinang : Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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."

Contents:

Women's/gender studies in the Asian region / Bernadette P. Resurreccion

Converging rights, women, gender, and development in multiethnic Malaysia / Cecilia Ng and Tan Beng Hui

The nature and impact of domestic violence, a study of survivors of wife abuse in Malaysia / Noraida Endut and Intan Hashimah Mohd. Hashim

Doing gender in literature / Shakila Abdul Manan

Beyond numbers, women and politics in Malaysia / Tan Pek Leng

Gender differentials and the Malaysian labour market / Jacqueline Fernandez

Capacity building experiences of poor women participants of the asnaf zakat programme in Penang / Nor Hafizah Selamat and Salfarina Abd. Gapor

Women, law, and justice, the case of domestic violence in Malaysia / Noraida Endut

Shifting boundaries, Islam, jurisprudence, and gender in Malaysia / Zarizana Abdul Aziz.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

983-861-734-2

OCLC:

935916226