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Book SynopsisOur Lives to Live: Putting a Woman's Face to Change in Singapore explores and documents how women's roles, choices, and voices in Singapore have changed in the last 50 years; how women, from all sectors of society, have helped to shape the Singapore we know today. The 31 chapters, some with a more academic slant, others with a distinctly personal tone, reflect the rich diversity and depth of women's contributions to Singapore's evolution in the last half century, and also point to the problematical areas that still need attention.The perspectives in this book are provided by three generations of women, and they put a human face — the woman's face — to the tremendous changes in Singapore society over the past 50 years. The authors include some of Singapore's most accomplished women in many different fields — Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob, political scientist and diplomat Chan Heng Chee, global women's activist Noeleen Heyzer, sociologist and politician Aline Wong, food ambassador Violet Oon, sports legend Pat Chan, law lecturer and playwright Eleanor Wong, and novelist Meira Chand.
Table of ContentsRevisiting the Issues She Looked at in Her 1975 Book 'Women in Modern Singapore'; Women and Politics; Violence Against Women - A Historical Account; Women and Ageing; Women and Men and the Family; Uterine Utterances (The Uteri of Singapore Speak); Nurturing Nature; Women and Civil Society; Motherhood - A Sociological and Personal View; The Paths Taken by 3 (or More) Generations of Women in a Family; Remarkable Women - A Journey to Find Significant Sisters; The View of a Young Singapore Woman; Evolution of the Women's Charter; Women and Religion; Malay Women and the Opportunities Over the Decades; Women in the Singapore Economy in the Past 50 Years; Women and the Labour Movement; Women and Teaching; Women and Social Enterprise/Entrepreneurship; The Financial Life of My Maternal Grandmother and 5 Aunties; Women and Domestic Work; Women and Law; Women and Sex Work; Women and Sports; Women and Fashion; Women and Food; Women in Singapore Literature; A Poem; Beyond Diplomacy - Shaping International Norms for Our Shared Future; Foreign Service - A Personal Account; The Quiet Role of the Diplomat's Wife;
