Women, work and empowerment : the case of Singapore.

• Main Author: Ng, Li Yan.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48222
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This research aims to show that empowerment that is defined solely in terms of paid employment is too narrow for women. Empowerment should not be just the rejection of traditional roles of family and motherhood, as posited in the context of Second Wave feminism. Through in-depth qualitative intervie...