Sri Wiyanti Eddyono

Women's Empowerment in Indonesia

A Poor Community in Jakarta

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book, based on extensive original research, explores how women can effectively mobilize themselves on their own initiative. It examines groups of women from poor dommunities in informal settlements in Jakarta, how they have challenged oppressive authority and provides insights into women's attitudes and what has motivated them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781138563575
• ISBN-10: 1138563579
• Artikelnr.: 52961315

Autorenporträt

Sri Wiyanti Eddyono is a lecturer and the Director of the Law, Gender and Society Research Centre, Faculty of Law, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. She is a Collaborating Researcher for Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre, Monash University. She completed her doctorate at Monash University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1, Introduction
Chapter 2, Revisit the theory of women's empowerment
Chapter 3, Women and everyday life in Kampung Rawa Informal Settlement,
West Jakarta
Chapter 4, Women's agency and their perceptions of the threat of eviction
Chapter 5, Government contributions to women's empowerment and
disempowerment
Chapter 6, The role of NGOs in women's empowerment
Chapter 7, The significance of leadership in women's efforts to combat
eviction
Chapter 8, Concluding remark: women's empowerment and disempowerment in
Kampung Rawa