Muslim women and the challenge of Islamic fundamentalism/extremism: An overview of Southeast Asian Muslim women's struggle for human rights and gender equality

Othman, Norasmah

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2006.05.008

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“…Gender inequality (Othman 2006), family planning and abortion (Tong et al 2012), sex and reproduction (Mutalip and Mohamed 2012), and mental illness (Mas and Hatim 2002), all of which may be associated with maternal filicide, are highly stigmatised taboos in this patriarchal society. These, especially gender inequality, can create unease among Malaysian people to the point of triggering political turmoil.…”

Section: Challenges In Conducting Research On Filicide In Malaysiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on a Socially, Ethically, and Legally Complex Phenomenon: Women Convicted of Filicide in Malaysia

Razali

Kirkman

Fisher

2017

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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Little is known about filicide from the perspective of women convicted of the offence. The lack of research is partly attributable to the many difficulties entailed in researching socially marginalised and incarcerated people. Research on filicide engages with socially, culturally, and politically sensitive matters, including gendered social structures and behaviours, legal and ethical complexity, emotionally arousing topics, a rare phenomenon, and hard-to-reach participants. In countries where there is poor surveillance, limited local information, and few resources or experts in filicide, researchers must find innovative ways of overcoming these problems. Here we describe the particular challenges in conducting research on women convicted of filicide in Malaysia, a predominantly Muslim country, when the researchers are based at an Australian university. The persistence, resilience, and creativity required to overcome each problem were justified by the achievement of research that contributes to knowledge and has implications for change in policy and practice. KeywordsWomen; filicide; Malaysia; incarcerated women; research ethics.

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Section: Challenges In Conducting Research On Filicide In Malaysiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on a Socially, Ethically, and Legally Complex Phenomenon: Women Convicted of Filicide in Malaysia

Razali

Kirkman

Fisher

2017

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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“…This position made them easily tricked and some people thought that women and children were deserved to be a prostitute, beggar, or housemaid. Not all men think that women are equal to men (Kartini, 1976;Rimonte, 1991;Niaz, 2003;Man, 2004;Othman, 2006).…”

Section: Women and Children Vulnerability In Socio-cultural Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

Sex-workers in a Country of Largest Muslim Population

Artaria¹,

Kinasih²

2017

ASS

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Indonesia is the largest Islam country in the world that has the biggest number of Muslims among other countries in the world. Hence this is the reason of the local governments, the governor of East Java Province and the mayor of Surabaya, to close the red-light areas. The purpose of this research is to know how the women became sex-workers in the biggest number of Muslims in the world. We observed and interviewed 20 informants of sex workers and former sex-workers; the Head of Local Health Center, NGO in those areas, and midwives. The data that had been collected were classified into themes. While being analyzed, the report was written and being classified. The results show that although the nation vows that every individual in this country has a religion, and mostly are Muslims, but prostitution is difficult to inhibit. We found many reasons that have made the women fell into the world of prostitution in this area of East Java. After the closing of the red-areas we found that they have secretly continue doing their job because they do not have other skills that can make as much as money that they earned as sex-workers. We conclude that the purpose to preserve a good religious environment by closing the red-areas cannot be realized. The closing of the red-areas has brought new problems because the spread of HIV/AID and sexually transmitted disease are more difficult to control.

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“…In such a view, the patriarchy present in dominantly Muslim countries is not a feature of Islam, but an outcome of patriarchal interpretation of Islamic teachings. Therefore, Islamic feminists attempt to employ the discourse of Islam itself, in order to affect change in patriarchal interpretations of the religion, and in turn, move towards emancipation of Muslim women (Othman, 2006;Treacher, 2003). A primary argument among Islamic Feminists is that due to their use of Islamic discourse, they would not face severe confrontations from the state (Mojab, 2001;Terman, 2010).…”

Section: Hijab From the Western Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%