Debating gender justice in Asia / editors, Rashidah Shuib, Noraida Endut, Diana Wong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asian Association of Women's Studies. Congress (2nd : 2010 : George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia), author.

Contributor:

Rashidah Shuib, Dato', editor.

Noraida Endut, editor.

Wong, Diana, editor.

Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights--Asia--Congresses.

Women's rights.

Women's studies--Asia--Congresses.

Women's studies.

Women--Asia--Social conditions--Congresses.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 192 pages)

Place of Publication:

Pulau Pinang : Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

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 Action

Women 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

967-461-018-9

OCLC:

1031337074