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A Kaleidoscope of Malaysian Indian Women’s Lived ExperiencesThe Impoverishment of Malaysian Indian Women: A Capability Approach Perspective

A Kaleidoscope of Malaysian Indian Women’s Lived Experiences: The Impoverishment of Malaysian... [Indian women belong to an ethnic minority community in Malaysia. However, neither Indian women nor their poverty has received significant attention from researchers in Malaysia. The missing focus on Malaysian Indians, particularly women, occurs for two reasons: an overemphasis on poverty among Malays and a focus on poverty line income. Indian households are vastly gendered because they are based on a patriarchal structure. Hence, poverty among Malaysian Indian women is a complex issue that must be approached with a gender-sensitive and multi-dimensional approach. This is because women’s poverty does not merely derive from an income deficiency, but is also a result of the gendered experiences in the household. Studies have argued that gendered experiences are embedded in the household in the form of its roles, responsibilities, tasks and routine practices, all of which prevent women from overcoming impoverishment. The capability approach, being gender-sensitive, could identify the impoverishment of women by focusing on women as units of analysis and interlocking the gender complexities in the household. This approach examines three components, namely capabilities, functionings and agency. Within this capability framework and intersectional approach, this chapter explores critically the poor Malaysian Indian women (B40) and non-poor Indian women (M40 and T20) in Penang in terms of capabilities, functionings and agency.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Kaleidoscope of Malaysian Indian Women’s Lived ExperiencesThe Impoverishment of Malaysian Indian Women: A Capability Approach Perspective

Editors: Karupiah, Premalatha; Fernandez, Jacqueline Liza
Saigaran, Nithiya Guna
Springer Journals — Oct 23, 2022
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Springer Nature Singapore
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
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978-981-19-5875-5
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85 –106
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10.1007/978-981-19-5876-2_5
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Abstract

[Indian women belong to an ethnic minority community in Malaysia. However, neither Indian women nor their poverty has received significant attention from researchers in Malaysia. The missing focus on Malaysian Indians, particularly women, occurs for two reasons: an overemphasis on poverty among Malays and a focus on poverty line income. Indian households are vastly gendered because they are based on a patriarchal structure. Hence, poverty among Malaysian Indian women is a complex issue that must be approached with a gender-sensitive and multi-dimensional approach. This is because women’s poverty does not merely derive from an income deficiency, but is also a result of the gendered experiences in the household. Studies have argued that gendered experiences are embedded in the household in the form of its roles, responsibilities, tasks and routine practices, all of which prevent women from overcoming impoverishment. The capability approach, being gender-sensitive, could identify the impoverishment of women by focusing on women as units of analysis and interlocking the gender complexities in the household. This approach examines three components, namely capabilities, functionings and agency. Within this capability framework and intersectional approach, this chapter explores critically the poor Malaysian Indian women (B40) and non-poor Indian women (M40 and T20) in Penang in terms of capabilities, functionings and agency.]

Published: Oct 23, 2022

Keywords: Capability approach; Capabilities; Gender; Impoverishment; Malaysian Indian women

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