Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Women's/Gender Studies in the Asian Region -- Chapter 3 Converging Rights: Women, Gender, and Development in Multiethnic Malaysia -- Chapter 4 The Nature and Impact of Domestic Violence: A Study of Survivors of Wife Abuse in Malaysia -- Chapter 5 Doing Gender in Literature -- Chapter 6 Beyond Numbers: Women and Politics in Malaysia -- Chapter 7 Gender Differentials and the Malaysian Labour Market -- Chapter 8 Capacity Building Experiences of Poor Women Participants of the Asnaf Zakat Programme in Penang -- Chapter 9 Women, Law and Justice: The Case of Domestic Violence in Malaysia -- Chapter 10 Shifting Boundaries: Islam, Jurisprudence and Gender in Malaysia -- Contributors -- Index.