an independent researcher and women’s rights advocate, is currently a visiting professor at the Women’s Development Research Centre (KANITA), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.
Part of the excitement associated with the March 8, 2008 election results when Pakatan Rakyat (PR) took over four (now three) state governments was that it sign...
On January 2, 2012 a new state-initiated body emerged – the Penang Women’s Development Corporation (PWDC) – as the result of the Chief Minister's 2012 budget speech when the state announced it had tripled the budget for women’s development.