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  2. Women in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Women in Singapore, particularly those who have joined Singapore's workforce, are faced with balancing their traditional and modern-day roles in Singaporean society and economy. According to the book The Three Paradoxes: Working Women in Singapore written by Jean Lee S.K., Kathleen Campbell, and Audrey Chia, there are "three paradoxes ...

  3. Sex trafficking in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Many of the victims were Chinese, Malay and Indonesian women. [1] In current day Singapore, many women are trafficked into Singapore from Southeast Asian countries, mainly Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, under false pretenses of working as a domestic helper or other legal jobs. [2] These women are forced to work at a KTV or hostess clubs ...

  4. Women migrant workers from developing countries - Wikipedia

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    Between the 1980s and 1990s, the women workforce participation rates amongst women in Singapore increased by 70%. [38] Similarly, the number of women migrant domestic workers also increased significantly, and by 1999, Singapore had over 100,000 immigrant women domestic workers in a small city-state with just under 4 million residents.

  5. Malaysian diaspora - Wikipedia

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    The overseas Malaysian diaspora in Singapore is one of the largest with the number standing at 952,261 in 2019, making them the world's largest Malaysian diaspora community. Many Malaysians in Singapore are usually expatriates, working in various industries of the Singapore economy since its rapid industrialisation in the 1970s. [25]

  6. Women in Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Women in Lebanon are treated according to patriarchal norms although the legal status of women has improved since the 20th century. Gender equality in Lebanon remains problematic. [ 3 ] Active feminist movements exist in Lebanon which are trying to overcome the legal and sociopolitical discrimination enshrined in law.

  7. List of Malay Singaporeans - Wikipedia

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    Hadijah Rahmat: Associate Professor, PhD in Malay-Indonesian Studies from University of London; Deputy Head of Asian Languages and Culture at Nanyang Technological University; author or editor of over 40 books and chapters, numerous academic papers, two poetry books, and two children's books; specializes in Malay and Singapore Malay literature ...

  8. Malaysians in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Malaysians in Singapore refers to citizens of Malaysia or Singaporean citizens of Malaysian origin residing in Singapore. According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , the community had a population of 1,132,924 in 2020, making them the world's largest Malaysian diaspora community. [ 1 ]

  9. Race in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Before the early 2000s, the four major races in Singapore were the Chinese, Malays, Indians and Eurasians. Today, the Chinese-Malay-Indian-Others (CMIO) model is the dominant organising framework of race in Singapore. [1] Race informs government policies on a variety of issues such as political participation, public housing and education. [1]