‘Protecting’ Women: Legislation and Regulation of Women's Sexuality in Colonial Malaya

Gender Technology And Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-30

  Hui, Tan Beng ^a  

^a Women's Development Collective (WDC)   (Malaysia)

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EID: 34247448659     PISSN: 09718524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097185240300700101     Document Type: Article

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