Women and liveability – best practices of empowerment from Malaysia
How to survive and make ends meet and how to improve the quality of life are daily and persistent livelihood issues and liveability challenges preoccupying disadvantaged communities in underdeveloped and developing countries. Even in politically stable Malaysia life struggles could be complex and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
2015
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9201/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9201/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9201/1/3x.geografia-women-mei15-Malaysia-edam1.pdf |
| Summary: | How to survive and make ends meet and how to improve the quality of life are daily and persistent livelihood issues
and liveability challenges preoccupying disadvantaged communities in underdeveloped and developing countries.
Even in politically stable Malaysia life struggles could be complex and challenging for womenfolk who more often
than not are left on their own to cope with daily liveability problems. Through examining the findings from
secondary information sources this paper illustrates three cases of how women helped make the best of
empowerment projects geared to make the livelihood and liveability of themselves, their family and community
better and more meaningful. It also highlights the institutional and organizational traits that were the success factors
of the empowerment projects. |
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