Hew Cheng Sim
Biographic Data
| ID | 6592405 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hew Cheng Sim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hew Cheng |
| FAMILY NAME | Sim |
| SIGNATURE | SIM H C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
For Better or For Worse
Orang Asli Women of Malaysia
This book makes an important contribution to the growing corpus of work on Malaysian women. Although the Orang Asli are well studied, little has been written of the women in particular. This book complements an earlier one on Semai women, as this volume attends to the various groups of Orang Asli women. The contributors have conducted scholarly work amongst the Orang Asli, spanning several decades collectively. The groups covered in this volume a…
Village Mothers, City Daughters
This unique volume draws together a compelling collection of studies on the diverse and transformatory experiences of women as they encounter the forces of modernization altering the face of contemporary Borneo. The authors, all locally based scholars specializing in gender issues, shed much-needed light upon this hidden academic area. It presents the human and gendered face of development and discusses the pressing issue of urbanization and rura…
National Seminar on Information and Communication Technologies in the Context of Gender and Developmental Divides in India
The Impact of Urbanization on Family Structure
This paper argues that women and men encounter the processes of migration and urbanization in very gendered ways. It examines state development policies and their role in accelerating the pace of urbanization, Using material from a recently concluded study on single mothers in the lower socio-economic strata, this paper explores the impact of these wider processes on the structure of the family and women from this strata specifically
Of Marriage, Money and Men
Singles, Sex and Salaries
Singles, sex and salaries
Bidayuh Housewives in a Changing World
This article is based on a larger ethnographic study of Bidayuh women, a group of minority indigenous women in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The women interviewed were first-generation wageworkers who had migrated from villages to the capital city of Kuching for work in the personal services sector. This article focuses on women who have since withdrawn from the labor market as a result of marriage and children. It discusses why the women left …
The Impact of Urbanization on Family Structure
This paper argues that women and men encounter the processes of migration and urbanization in very gendered ways. It examines state development policies and their role in accelerating the pace of urbanization, Using material from a recently concluded study on single mothers in the lower socio-economic strata, this paper explores the impact of these wider processes on the structure of the family and women from this strata specifically
Singles, sex and salaries
Of Marriage, Money and Men
Singles, Sex and Salaries
Singles, sex and salaries
Bidayuh Housewives in a Changing World
This article is based on a larger ethnographic study of Bidayuh women, a group of minority indigenous women in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The women interviewed were first-generation wageworkers who had migrated from villages to the capital city of Kuching for work in the personal services sector. This article focuses on women who have since withdrawn from the labor market as a result of marriage and children. It discusses why the women left …
The Impact of Urbanization on Family Structure
This paper argues that women and men encounter the processes of migration and urbanization in very gendered ways. It examines state development policies and their role in accelerating the pace of urbanization, Using material from a recently concluded study on single mothers in the lower socio-economic strata, this paper explores the impact of these wider processes on the structure of the family and women from this strata specifically
National Seminar on Information and Communication Technologies in the Context of Gender and Developmental Divides in India
Village Mothers, City Daughters
This unique volume draws together a compelling collection of studies on the diverse and transformatory experiences of women as they encounter the forces of modernization altering the face of contemporary Borneo. The authors, all locally based scholars specializing in gender issues, shed much-needed light upon this hidden academic area. It presents the human and gendered face of development and discusses the pressing issue of urbanization and rura…
Orang Asli Women of Malaysia
This book makes an important contribution to the growing corpus of work on Malaysian women. Although the Orang Asli are well studied, little has been written of the women in particular. This book complements an earlier one on Semai women, as this volume attends to the various groups of Orang Asli women. The contributors have conducted scholarly work amongst the Orang Asli, spanning several decades collectively. The groups covered in this volume a…
For Better or For Worse
Sociology (6 works) · Asian Studies and History (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)