Analysis on gender equality in Norharyati Kaprawi’s works
The term gender equality refers to equality between men and women. It is the only term aimed at campaigning against men's injustice and violence against women, and vice versa. Generally, the public recognizes that gender equality is a story of male violence against women. The violence is aim...
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| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14871/1/IJIT-Vol-17-June-2020_5_53-65.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14871/ http://www.ukm.my/ijit/volume-17-june-2020/ |
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| Institution: | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The term gender equality refers to equality between men and women. It is the
only term aimed at campaigning against men's injustice and violence against
women, and vice versa. Generally, the public recognizes that gender equality is a
story of male violence against women. The violence is aimed at harming women
physically, sexually or psychologically, and such violent acts affect women physically,
sexually or psychological because they are the victim. Sisters in Islam is a civil society
organization promoting the rights of women within the frameworks of Islam and
universal human rights in Malaysia. Norhayati Kaprawi is one of the very active and
productive activists of this civil society organization; she has produced the videos
films and documentaries containing her views on women's issues in Malaysia. This
article aims at identifying and analyzing Norhayati’s ideas and views on gender
equality and feminism, the resources or references as well as the methodologies
stating explicitly or implicitly in her works. The methodology of content analysis
approach is used in this article to analyze the contents of her videos such as Female
Ulama: Fatimah Al-Samarqandi, Female Ulama: Sayyidah Nafisah Binti Hassan:
Guru Imam Syafie and Sejarah Rosie the Riveter. In identifying and analyzing her
views and ideas in her videos, this article also refers to some relevant written
materials and documents such as the books, the news porters and the newspapers.
This article discovers that her methodology is historical, and her views on gender
equality between men and women are inclined to the Western understanding. |
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