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The book examines the health rights of older persons who are more
likely potentially to face various disadvantages in terms of
healthcare access and affordability, thereby impacting on health
outcomes. The point of departure in the analyses is that the health
security of older persons is guaranteed only if a country
approaches the health of its citizens out of moral obligation,
viewing health and well-being as a right rather than an
entitlement. Data from five countries in the ASEAN region are
analysed with the intent of highlighting the health inequalities
and barriers at the societal and individual levels, on the one
hand, as well as the gaps at the health and healthcare policy and
programmatic levels within each country, on the other. It is also
intended that the analyses of the data from the selected countries
which represent different stages of development, and thus income
levels, provide a useful comparative framework for policymakers in
the ASEAN region.
Research on women and food security in Southeast Asia has been
limited. The collection of chapters in Ensuring a Square Meal:
Women and Food Security in Southeast Asia is one of the first
attempts at providing a lens into the linkages between women and
food security at the household, community, national, and
transnational levels. More broadly, the chapters examine women's
contribution in households, resource distribution to produce food,
and the purchasing power to buy food. In analysing the various
facets of food security in relation to gender, the analyses focus
on the meanings of 'private' and 'public', and the extent to which
the effects of the two spheres spill over into each other. Given
women's critical role in food production and provision, the book
assesses the structural forces enabling women to access productive
resources and, in turn, ensure sustainable strategies for food
security; as well as it evaluates how governments might address the
constraints women face in this vital role.
In the coming decades, challenges and risks associated with rapid
population ageing will be paramount in Asia-Pacific. Examining key
trends, dilemmas and developments with reference to specific
nations, the book draws conclusions and policy recommendations that
apply to Asia-Pacific as a whole. Individual chapters focus on the
impact of population ageing, along with urbanization and
industrialization, on the lives of people in the region. The book
shows how leaders in Asia-Pacific - political, community and others
- need to respond to changes in family and social structures,
disease pathology, gender roles, income security, the care of older
citizens and the provision of social and health welfare.
As a region, Southeast Asia has undergone enormous economic and
social changes in the last few decades. Women as a collective have
seen their lives transformed as a result of rapid development and
economic growth. In exploring the progress made by Southeast Asian
men and women, this book seeks to answer the following questions:
(a) In what areas have women been able to achieve parity with men?
(b) In what areas do women encounter specific disadvantages based
on their gender as compared with men? and (c) How have women's
concerns and problems been addressed by the governments in this
region with the aim of encouraging gender equality? As the title of
this book suggests, the chapters provide an analysis of the broad
trends - including changes and continuities - in the experiences,
interests and concerns of Southeast Asian women. The chapters
examine the trends related to women in the following arenas: the
family, economic participation, politics, health, and religion. In
some arenas, the trends reflect the disadvantages women face, which
in turn have led to gender gaps; in other areas, women's progress
has been found to eclipse that of the men, although this tends to
be the exception.
The chapters in this book are an assembly of commentaries by a
distinguished team of specialists on the social impact of the
Singapore Women's Charter on women and men. The Women's Charter is
the main legislation protecting women's rights in the context of
the family in Singapore. Highlights of this book include the
reasons for the significance of legislation to protect women's
rights in marriage; how the legislation came about; case studies
from Southeast Asia; how the Singapore Women's Charter evolved and
became established; how the Charter goes beyond protecting women's
rights by reinforcing men's and women's obligations and duties in a
marital partnership; how the Charter has come to be perceived by
men and women especially in its enforcement in the context of
divorce; and the social repercussions of the Charter on the family
in its application.There has been ongoing discussion on the
implications of the Charter on the lives of Singaporean women and
men for some years since its implementation. The purpose of this
book is to enrich our understanding of this legislation further -
its objectives, efficacy and shortfalls.
The book examines the health rights of older persons who are more
likely potentially to face various disadvantages in terms of
healthcare access and affordability, thereby impacting on health
outcomes. The point of departure in the analyses is that the health
security of older persons is guaranteed only if a country
approaches the health of its citizens out of moral obligation,
viewing health and well-being as a right rather than an
entitlement. Data from five countries in the ASEAN region are
analysed with the intent of highlighting the health inequalities
and barriers at the societal and individual levels, on the one
hand, as well as the gaps at the health and healthcare policy and
programmatic levels within each country, on the other. It is also
intended that the analyses of the data from the selected countries
which represent different stages of development, and thus income
levels, provide a useful comparative framework for policymakers in
the ASEAN region.
This book aims to contribute to the discourse on women and politics
in Southeast Asia. The chapters, covering Indonesia, Myanmar, the
Philippines, Timor-Leste and Singapore, analyse the asymmetrical
power relationships between the sexes and how power differentials
between men and women play out in the realm of politics are a
reflection of the power contestations women face with men in other
spheres of everyday life. Each chapter seeks to ask a different
question in terms of where women viz. men stand in the political
landscape of their countries, in an effort to answer the question
of Where are the women in the gender trope in Asian politics. While
the chapters are primarily empirical as they delve into the
challenges, contradictions and conflicts Southeast Asian women
encounter, the main assertion is that womens struggles in the realm
of politics are a result of having to operate within power
structures created principally by men, thereby producing barriers
for women to enter politics, on the one hand, and to increase their
numbers and widen their sphere of influence, on the other.
Recognizing that Asian politics is dominated by men, the question
of how women have negotiated a value system that is inherently
male-centred and male-controlled is also discussed. The implicit
narrative demonstrated in this book is that the political arena
should not be considered in isolation from other arenas but instead
is essentially a mirror of other arenas -- whether the home,
workplace, nation, and/or global spaces -- each marked by power
contestations between men and women and having a spill-over effect
on the other, as well as shaping womens experiences in the
political realm.
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