Intersectionality is an analytic framework which considers that the various forms of social stratification – such as class, race, sexual orientation, age, disability and gender – do not exist separately from each other but are complexly interwoven. In the case of Malaya’s thriving political movements, how do we speak about feminism from various angles of experience and memory?

This public lecture is an in-depth account of the multiple struggles of the Malayan women’s movement, from securing gender equality in a patriarchal society to achieving unity among members of a multi-ethnic society that are further divided along class and religious lines.

As co-author of “Feminism and the Women’s Movement in Malaysia: An unsung (R)evolution” Maznah Mohamad will present in this lecture, various historical versions of personal and national struggles which have created both visible icons as well silent female figures. They detail the importance of the role of the women’s movement, led by numerous personalities in promoting social change in Malaysia and Singapore in the context of an ethnically fragmented post-colonial society.

Event details
Date: Tuesday, 25 Sept 2018
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: AWARE Centre, 5 Dover Crescent #01-22 S130005

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About the speaker
Maznah Mohamad is Associate Professor at the Department of Malay Studies and Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore. She is also author of the book The Malay Handloom Weavers: A Study of the Rise and Decline of Traditional Manufacture (1996) and co-author of Feminism and the Women’s Movement in Malaysia: An Unsung (R)evolution (2006).