Women’s work empowerment through “reupcycle” initiatives for women-at-home

Recyclable issues do not receive sufficient attention, which thus see low awareness among Malaysians. This paper1 proposes women’s active participation in re-upcycling habits to maintain the ecologically challenging world today. Empowering women-at-home in this way enable them to sustain their own s...

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Main Author:	Rokis, Rohaiza
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018
Subjects:	HQ1101 Women. Feminism
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/70432/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70432/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70432/1/70432_Women%E2%80%99s%20Work%20Empowerment%20through.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/70432/2/70432_Women%E2%80%99s%20Work%20Empowerment%20through_WOS.pdf

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spelling	iium-704322019-02-01T03:44:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/70432/ Women’s work empowerment through “reupcycle” initiatives for women-at-home Rokis, Rohaiza HQ1101 Women. Feminism Recyclable issues do not receive sufficient attention, which thus see low awareness among Malaysians. This paper1 proposes women’s active participation in re-upcycling habits to maintain the ecologically challenging world today. Empowering women-at-home in this way enable them to sustain their own social and ecological well-being. Women can be active participants in community development activities. Even though they may be disinterested to work outside home, their involvement in their community should be encouraged. Embeddedness theory (ET) advocates empowerment of women through re-upcycling actions are to be initiated from home. With the support from community, in turn, these actions can be an economic resources for their households. Malaysian women are most affected by employment opportunities, supports and reassurances from various sectors, such as the government, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and most importantly, the men in their lives. Depriving them from this socio-economic foundation will further impact the unemployment rate for Malaysia. On the other hand, if strategic planning is implemented by utilising the abundance number of unemployed women-at-home, the socio-economic conditions of the nation can also be improved. Indeed, this paper motivates discussions on the employment policy whereby re-upcycling activities may pave ways for women-at-home to get involved in employment, without leaving their homes. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018-12-19 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70432/1/70432_Women%E2%80%99s%20Work%20Empowerment%20through.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70432/2/70432_Women%E2%80%99s%20Work%20Empowerment%20through_WOS.pdf Rokis, Rohaiza (2018) Women’s work empowerment through “reupcycle” initiatives for women-at-home. Intellectual Discourse, 26 (2). pp. 617-634. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639 http://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/1223/807
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description	Recyclable issues do not receive sufficient attention, which thus see low awareness among Malaysians. This paper1 proposes women’s active participation in re-upcycling habits to maintain the ecologically challenging world today. Empowering women-at-home in this way enable them to sustain their own social and ecological well-being. Women can be active participants in community development activities. Even though they may be disinterested to work outside home, their involvement in their community should be encouraged. Embeddedness theory (ET) advocates empowerment of women through re-upcycling actions are to be initiated from home. With the support from community, in turn, these actions can be an economic resources for their households. Malaysian women are most affected by employment opportunities, supports and reassurances from various sectors, such as the government, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and most importantly, the men in their lives. Depriving them from this socio-economic foundation will further impact the unemployment rate for Malaysia. On the other hand, if strategic planning is implemented by utilising the abundance number of unemployed women-at-home, the socio-economic conditions of the nation can also be improved. Indeed, this paper motivates discussions on the employment policy whereby re-upcycling activities may pave ways for women-at-home to get involved in employment, without leaving their homes.
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title	Women’s work empowerment through “reupcycle” initiatives for women-at-home
title_short	Women’s work empowerment through “reupcycle” initiatives for women-at-home
title_full	Women’s work empowerment through “reupcycle” initiatives for women-at-home
title_fullStr	Women’s work empowerment through “reupcycle” initiatives for women-at-home
title_full_unstemmed	Women’s work empowerment through “reupcycle” initiatives for women-at-home
title_sort	women’s work empowerment through “reupcycle” initiatives for women-at-home
publisher	IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/70432/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70432/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70432/1/70432_Women%E2%80%99s%20Work%20Empowerment%20through.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/70432/2/70432_Women%E2%80%99s%20Work%20Empowerment%20through_WOS.pdf
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