Women and democratization in Southeast Asia (2001)
From a feminist perspective, democratization of governing institutions and of state gender regimes is of urgent importance in Southeast Asia. Many questions and issues are raised by this realization. Who will do it? What is to be done? Must (or can?) women acting as a class of citizens, make a difference? Or are the legacies of exclusion, marginalization and conditioning possibly too overwhelming. Download the document from our server. TOP | HOME

Women, bureaucracy and the governance of poverty in Southeast Asia (2000)
The relationship between gender planning, good governance, and poverty reduction efforts in Southeast Asian states is explored in this study, using Vietnam and the Philippines as case studies for the period 1986 to 1998. It examines a relatively unexplored question on women and change in comparative Southeast Asian studies: How do state bureaucracies that operate in different political, and ideological environment integrate women and gender considerations in their official plans and programs for poverty reduction? In turn, how do women relate to bureaucratic politics when state bureaucracies do (or do not) target them as beneficiaries of poverty reduction policies and programs? This paper mainly outlines some of the general issues and comparative insights at the level of national state bureaucracies emerging from a much larger research that explores more systematically the differences and similarities in the way state bureaucracies in Vietnam and the Philippines implement poverty reduction programs and plans. Draft paper presented at the DEVNET International Conference On “Poverty, Prosperity, Progress”, University of Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand, 17-19 November 2000. Download the document from our server. TOP | HOME

UNFPA report finds Southeast Asian economic crisis hits women in areas of reproductive health, education and employment (1999)
This United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report, which is based on rapid assessment techniques, such as focus group studies, looked at the effects of the crisis in relation to reproductive health, education and employment, particularly in relation to women, in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. It says increases in unemployment levels have resulted in massive increases in numbers of people living below or close to the poverty line, creating a "new poor". These increases seem to be disproportionately high for women, because retrenchments are often most severe in sectors where they are prominent. Read more from this report. TOP | HOME