The status of women in a patriarchal state: The case of Singapore

Women in Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 39-58

  Chan, Jasmine Shariff ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 85090937702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781003118411-3     Document Type: Chapter

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