Introduction : women's agencies and activisms in the Asia-Pacific region / Brenda S.A. Yeoh, Peggy Teo and Shirlena Huang -- Nine months : women's agency and the pregnant body in Singapore / Lily Phua and Brenda S.A. Yeoh -- Body politics in Bangladesh / Tatijana Haque -- Politics of resistance : working-class women in rural Taiwan / Rita S. Gallin -- Negotiating land and livelihood : agency and identities in Indonesia's transmigration programme / Rebecca Elmhirst -- Gendered surveillance and sexual violence in Filipina pre-migration experiences to Japan / Nobue Suzuki -- Resisting history : Indonesian labour activism in the 1990s and the 'Marsinah' case / G.G. Weix -- Contradictory identities and political choices : 'women in agriculture' in Australia / Ruth Panelli -- Complexities of women's agency in Fiji / Jacqueline Leckie -- 'Asia' in everyday life : dealing with difference in contemporary Japan / Vera Mackie -- Sites of transnational activism : Filipino non-government organisations in Hong Kong / Lisa Law.
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