Table of Contents
1. Introduction — Adeline Koh and Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
The History of Feminism and Political Action
2. Localised Voices of Feminism: Singapore’s Association of Women for
Action and Research — Lenore Lyons
3. Making Sense of the AWARE Saga: The Aporetic Enactment of
Feminist Responsibility in Singapore — Ingrid Hoofd
4. Women, Jungle and Motherhood — Mahani Musa
5. Politics of Shari’ah Reform and Its Implications for Muslim Women in
Malaysia — Shahirah Mahmood
6. Malaysian Feminist Standpoint Epistemology: Critical Relativism in
Negotiating Women’s Rights and Religions — Sharon Bong
Gender and the State
7. The Burden of Proof: Gender, Cultural Authenticity and Overseas
Chinese Women’s Education in Diaspora — Karen Teoh
8. Gendered Tensions, Resistances and Confusions in Malaysia’s Pursuit
of Economic Competitiveness: The Case of Women’s Labor Force
Participation — Juanita Elias
9. Continuities and Dis-continuities: The Gendered Experiences of Malay
Workers and Migrant Workers in the Manufacturing Industries of
Malaysia — Vicki Crinis
10. What Work’s Worth: Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore — Jolene
Tan
11. Troublesome Women and the Patriarchal State: Bifurcated Belonging
in Singapore — Eugene Tan
12. Stories that Refuse to be Told: Overseas Singaporean Women,
Foreign Husbands and the Citizenship Terrain — Elaine Ho
13. We the Citizens of Singapore, Pledge Ourselves as One United People
…’ But What If I’m Gay?: The Homosexual as a Discursive Citizen in
Singapore — Melvin Chng
14. Sexual Citizenship in Singapore: The Politics of Population — Natalie
Oswin