Sociolegal Status of Women in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand

• Author(s): Asian Development Bank,
• Publisher: Asian Development Bank
• Pages: 303
• ISBN_10: 9715614221
  ISBN_13: 9789715614221
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory , Social Science / Women's Studies ,

Description:... Are laws the answer to achieving gender equality? What are the complex inter-actions of civil, religious, and customary laws that shape women's status? What are the ways in which laws reflect and reinforce social and cultural norms and expectations? Will the enactment of laws to protect and promote the rights of women result in improving the status of women in Asia? This publication provides a discussion of these complex issues and offers some answers to these questions.