The position of Betawi women : native people in Jakarta
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1982
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al Haddar, Yasmine Shahab
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This study attempts to provide an understanding of the position
of Betawi women, a Muslim group who are generally lowly educated, come
from low economic class but live in a metropolitan city with high and
rapid urbanization, industrialization and modernization. To make this
study , three aspects of Betawi women's lives have been chosen for
discussion, viz, education, employment and marriage behaviour.
The research shows that urbanization, industrialization and
modernization in Jakarta have not automatically improved the position
of Betawi women as postulated by many authors. It reveals that there
is no direct correlation between the stage of economic development or
industrialization, women's economic participation and the availability
of higher education for women. This study concludes that since
industrialization and modernization have not changed the education of
the Betawi dramatically , the factor which is generally considered to
be of most importance in influencing the position of women, Betawi
attitudes toward working women and marriage behaviour have also not
changed. On the other hand, some changes in patterns of social
interaction of the sexes before marriage that do not improve the
position of women are attributed to modernization.
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