Not a "chosen elitism": privilege and volunteerism at AWARE.

• Main Author: Tham, Janice Jia Yi.
• Other Authors: Teo You Yenn
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48309
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Using the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) as a case study, this study reveals how localised ideas about privilege are woven into the rationalisations that are given by volunteers to explain their participation in the women's rights group. It is hoped that such a case study...