Positioning Women in Malaysia

CHEE HENG LENG Associate Professor at the Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University Putra MalaysiaMAZNAH MOHAMAD Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains MalaysiaSYED HUSIN ALI formerly Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya SITI NOR HAMID Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains MalaysiaCAROL YONG OOI LIN presently a graduate student at the University of Malaya

• Map of Malaysia List of Tables List of Abbreviations Glossary Notes on the Contributors Preface PART I: WOMEN AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT Rural Development Programmes, Women's Participation and Organisations in Malaysia; S.N.Hamid and S.H.Ali Gender and the Changing Division of Labour in a Rural Community Malay Women and Rice Production in West Malaysia The Batang Ai Resettlement Scheme: Reconstituting Gender Relations in an Iban Community in East Malaysia PART II: WOMEN AND THE MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY The Management of Technology, and Women, in Two Electronics Firms in Malaysia; M.Mohamad The Descent of New Technology: Computerisation and Employment in Malaysia Information Technology, Gender and Employment : A Case Study of the Telecommunications Industry in Malaysia; C.Yong PART III: WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS AND STRUGGLES Women in Malaysia: Present Struggles and Future Directions; C.H.Leng The Woman Question: Problems in Feminist Analysis Bibliography Index