Gender and Livelihoods
A Case Study of the Mah Meri and the Oil Palm Plantations of Carey Island
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12499145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wan Teng Lai (0000-0001-8323-4205, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 66-95 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Women s Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1225-9276 • E-ISSN: 2377-004X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/12259276.2011.11666108 |
| OpenAlex | W2399473576 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 7 |
This study seeks to understand livelihood changes over time among an indigenous group called the Mah Meri of Bumbun village in Carey Island in Peninsular Malaysia. Fieldwork was conducted from mid-October to mid-December 2007, employing both quantitative and qualitative methods. My research shows how the critical livelihood strategies of villagers during transition periods shifted from their being dependent on forest resources to work as wage laborers in the nearby large-scale oil palm holdings. Then they were displaced by Indonesian migrant workers; and, presently are confined to their own small-scale oil palm holdings. This shift to oil palm cultivation has been highly gender discriminatory. Its emphasis on physical strength in performing crucial tasks in the harvesting process marginalizes the value of women's contribution and greatly favors men's participation. This has also led to the changing of land inheritance practices, which increasingly favor sons over daughters. At the same time, women have been gradually disempowered as they have lost their roles in decision-making in the management of small-scale farms. Moreover, there have been changes in the relationships among the villagers and all these factors have further strengthened the gender division of labor in the local economy and society
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Business · Division of labour · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Indigenous · Indonesian · Livelihood · Palm oil · Political science · Scale (ratio · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Engineering · Law · Oil Palm Production and Sustainability · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |