1st Edition
Women's Agency and the State in Contemporary Brunei
List of Figures and Map
List of Tables
Preface
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
1. Situating Agency: A Framework for Analyzing Women’s Empowerment
Norainie Ahmad
2. Female Education in Brunei Darussalam
Norhazlin binti Pg Haji Muhammad
3. Writing the History of Brunei Women: Recent Developments and Challenges
Asiyah Kumpoh
4. A Gender Perspective on the Socio-Demographic Landscape of Brunei in the Twenty-first century
Evi Nurvidya Arifin
5. Stand Up and Be Counted! Gender Stereotyping and Women Entrepreneurs in Brunei
Debbie G. E. Ho
6. The Leadership Learning Journeys of Bruneian Women in Higher Education
Jainatul Halida Jaidin and Mahani Hamdan
7. Women’s Reproductive Health and Rights in Brunei
Khadizah H. Abdul-Mumin
8. Tweeting #MeToo: Wokeness, Digital Activism and Youth Advocacy in Brunei
Siti Mazidah Mohamad
9. Digital Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs Amid 4.0 IR: Case of Kunyit 7 Lodge in Kampong Ayer
Abdul Malik Omar and Khairul Hazmi Zaini
10. Women’s Writing in Brunei Darussalam
Kathrina Mohd Daud
11. Healing Homes: Female Agency in Chinese Anglophone Literature in Brunei Darussalam
Hannah Ming Yit Ho
12. The Role of Women in Islamic Development
Hajah Halimaturradiah binti DSS Haji Metussin, and Hajah Ummi Fa’izah binti Haji Abdul Rahman
Concluding Remarks: Weaving the Narratives of Womanhood Quo Vadis, Ladies?
Norainie Ahmad
Appendix
Notes of Contributors
Index
Biography
Norainie Ahmad is an appointed National Consultant and Senior Gender Expert on Women and Political Participation in Brunei, a project funded under the EU-ASEAN (EREADI) consortium. Her research interests intersect Social Demography, Women and Gender Studies, and Public Policy.
Ooi Keat Gin is a professor of the modern history of Brunei/Borneo at the Academy of Brunei Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei, and a visiting professor at the Korean Institute of ASEAN Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies, Busan, South Korea.
