Description
The achievements of women are lost in the pages of history, through lack of documentation, lack of recognition or worse still, deliberate obliteration.
At home, legends are rich with courageous women leaders and warriors. Cik Siti Wan Kembang, Raja Hijau and Siti Zubaidah ruled nations and led armies against foreign conquerors. But their stories remain insignificant in the annals of our nation.
Unfortunately, there is a vacuum in gender-sensitive approach to documenting early Malayan history. Until 1970, there was a dearth of research and writings on Malaysian women, but in the 1980s, books did flourish as more scholarly, research-oriented and graduate works. Much of this work remains in the academic closets of the university. Even if they were made accessible, the work is too technical or narrow in scope for most of us.
A biography of a government institution is rarely written, but people, especially women need to know what the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development does, since it represents them.
"Her voice" is an exhaustive and comprehensive account of the struggles of the Ministry as a string puller to ensure women are given their worth in society.
This book will also show how the first Minister, Dato Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil brings every aspect of women's issues into the open and addresses them.
It is hoped "Her Voice" becomes an inspiring guide to our daughters, today and tomorrow.
Myra Pollack Sadker said, "Each time a girl opens a book and reads a womanless history, she learns she is worthless."
ISBN: 9789833698745
