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Title: Speaking up for their gender
Post by: Natasha on April 06, 2008, 07:19:43 AM
Speaking up for their gender

Link (http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Focus/2203786/Article/index_html)
4/6/2008

"WHEN Khartini Slamah strolled into a bank last week to learn about personal insurance, she was told flat in the face that there is no policy available for "people like you".
Title: Speaking up for their gender
Post by: Shana A on April 09, 2008, 06:46:36 AM
Speaking up for their gender

http://leejean.livejournal.com/643313.html (http://leejean.livejournal.com/643313.html)

The rude stares, jeering and often the butt of sexual jokes. For a marginalised group of Malaysians, life is a continuous struggle at asserting their identity, writes CHAI MEI LING.

WHEN Khartini Slamah strolled into a bank last week to learn about personal insurance, she was told flat in the face that there is no policy available for "people like you".