Women's Activism in Malaysia Voices and Insights /

• Main Author: Lee, Julian C. H. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Women.; Gender identity.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Identity politics.; Asia-Politics and government.; Women's Studies.; Gender and Sexuality.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Politics and Gender.; Asian Politics.

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 especi...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Malaysian Feminists on Feminism and Authenticity
• 3. The Women's Candidacy Initiative
• 4. Voices from The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality
• 5. Supporting Feminism as a Man: By Way of a Conclusion.