Of Female Liberation and Suppression
By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
April 2012 EDITORIAL
For all movements of liberation, the key to successful initiatives lies in identifying what the means of sustained suppression are, and to know which area is the most strategic to attack at a given time.No doubt, some areas are more fundamental than others and will always exert an influence on activists. Some are more easily presented in a quantitative manner, and are therefore more easily discussed, especially with politicians.However, where feminism is concerned, the goals are fundamentally of a quality...
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.
