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"Dignity overdue": transnational domestic workers in Singapore

2005

Noor Abdul Rahman
Yeoh, Brenda S. A.
Huang, Shirlena

Collection	Women & Gender Studies
Author/Creator	Noor Abdul Rahman Yeoh, Brenda S. A. Huang, Shirlena
Editor	Huang, Shirlena Yeoh, Brenda S. A. Noor Abdul Rahman
Title	"Dignity overdue": transnational domestic workers in Singapore
Source Title	Asian women as transnational domestic workers
Publication Date	2005
Publisher	Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Academci
Call Number	HD6072 Asi 2005
Subject	Women household employees -- Singapore Women -- Employment -- Singapore
Page	233-261
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Describes the evolution of the maid depenency syndrome in Singapore, examines the role of the state in regulating the demand for transnational domestic workers and the conditions of their employment, and discusses the position of the domestic worker in relation to the employer and the wider society

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A Malay woman in the house: recovering Sahorah Ahmat's legacy in Singapore's history

2020

Muhammad Suhail Mohd Yazid

Collection	Women & Gender Studies
Author/Creator	Muhammad Suhail Mohd Yazid
Title	A Malay woman in the house: recovering Sahorah Ahmat's legacy in Singapore's history
Source Title	Beyond Bicentennial: Perspectives on Malays
Publication Date	2020
Publisher	Singapore: World Scientific Publishing
DOI	https://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789811212512_0034
Call Number	DS610.25.M34 Bey 2020
Subject	Malays (Asian people) -- Singapore Politicians -- Singapore Sahorah Ahmat Singapore --Policitics and government -- 20th century Women -- Singapore
Page	613-637
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	restrictedAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Between compliance and resistance: women and the middle-class way of life in Singapore

1998

Purushotam, Nirmala

Collection	Women & Gender Studies
Author/Creator	Purushotam, Nirmala
Editor	Sen, Krishna Stivens, Maila
Title	Between compliance and resistance: women and the middle-class way of life in Singapore
Source Title	Gender and power in affluent Asia
Publication Date	1998
Publisher	London : Routledge
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203446829
Call Number	HQ1745.8 Gen
Subject	Middle class -- Singapore Middle class women -- Singapore -- Social conditions Women -- Singapore -- Social conditions Families -- Singapore Patriarchy -- Singapore Feminism -- Singapore Feminist theory -- Singapore Singapore -- Politics and government
Page	127-166
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Challenging the life course: Japanese single working women in Singapore

2004

Thang, Leng Leng
Goda, Miho
MacLachlan, Elizabeth

Collection	Women & Gender Studies
Author/Creator	Thang, Leng Leng Goda, Miho MacLachlan, Elizabeth
Editor	Thang, Leng Leng Yu, Wei-Hsin
Title	Challenging the life course: Japanese single working women in Singapore
Source Title	Old challenges, new strategies: women, work, and family in contemporary Asia
Publication Date	2004
Publisher	Leiden : Brill
Call Number	HD6181.85 Old 2004
Subject	Single women -- Employment -- Singapore Japanese -- Singapore
Page	303-322
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Decoding sexual policy in Singapore

2008

Leong, Laurence Wai Teng

Collection	Women & Gender Studies
Author/Creator	Leong, Laurence Wai Teng
Editor	Lian, Kwen Fee Tong, Chee Kiong
Title	Decoding sexual policy in Singapore
Source Title	Social policy in post-industrial Singapore
Publication Date	2008
Publisher	Leiden : Brill
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=362139&site=ehost-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_279
Call Number	HN700.67 Soc 2008
Subject	Sex -- Singapore Sex -- Government policy -- Singapore Sex -- Law and legislation -- Singapore Sex customs -- Singapore Homosexuality -- Singapore Prostitution -- Singapore
Page	279-308
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Domestic workers and transnational migration: perspectives from the Philippines and Singapore

2004

Huang, Shirlena
Yeoh, Brenda S. A.
Jackson, Richard T.

Collection	Women & Gender Studies
Author/Creator	Huang, Shirlena Yeoh, Brenda S. A. Jackson, Richard T.
Editor	Elmhirst, Rebecca Saptari, Ratna
Title	Domestic workers and transnational migration: perspectives from the Philippines and Singapore
Source Title	Labour in Southeast Asia: local processes in a globalised world
Publication Date	2004
Publisher	London : RoutledgeCurzon
Call Number	HD8690.8 Lab 2004
Subject	Women household employees -- Singapore Foreign workers, Filipino -- Singapore Filipinos -- Employment -- Singapore
Page	329-358
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Notes on the mobilisation of women into the economy and politics of Singapore

1981

Chan, Heng Chee

Collection	Women & Gender Studies
Author/Creator	Chan, Heng Chee
Title	Notes on the mobilisation of women into the economy and politics of Singapore
Source Title	Commentary
Publication Date	1981
Call Number	DS599.1 C
Subject	Women -- Employment -- Singapore Women -- Singapore Women in politics -- Singapore
Page	59-75
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	5
Issue	1

Participating in the home: widows cope in Singapore

2001

Teo, Peggy
Mehta, Kalyani

Collection	Women & Gender Studies
Author/Creator	Teo, Peggy Mehta, Kalyani
Title	Participating in the home: widows cope in Singapore
Source Title	Journal of Aging Studies
Publication Date	2001
Call Number	HQ1060 JAS
Subject	Widows -- Singapore Widowers -- Singapore Widowhood -- Psychological aspects
Page	127-144
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	15
Issue	2

Women and sport in Singapore

2021

Ortega, Emily
Teoh, Chin Sim

Collection	Women & Gender Studies
Author/Creator	Ortega, Emily Teoh, Chin Sim
Editor	de D'Amico López, Rosa Koushkie Jahromi, Maryam M. Guinto, Maria Luisa
Title	Women and sport in Singapore
Source Title	Women and sport in Asia
Publication Date	2021
Publisher	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge
Call Number	GV709.18.A78 Wom 2021
Subject	Women -- Singapore Sports -- Singapore
Page	10
Language	English
Content Type	Book Chapter
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	OpenAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries