Leong Wai Kum

The Singapore Women's Charter: 50 Questions Leong Wai Kum

Giving a balanced view of the Charter by highlighting the progressive provisions as well as its shortcomings, the author demystifies the provisions of the Women's Charter, and situates the Charter in Singapore's political context at the time. She also holds the view that the Charter elevates the status of women as it gives equal importance to women's unpaid work and men's paid work.