10.2190/WR.15.1.g 66576V5177215662 7 "I am Too Old! Who is Going to Give Me a Job?" Women Hawkers in Teluk Bahang, Penang, Malaysia 111 132 20110721 20110721 20110721 20110721 66576V5177215662.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=66576V5177215662 1 Anja K. Franck University of Gothenburg, Sweden The informal economy is of massive importance to women workers in the Southeast Asian region. This article explores women's informal work as hawkers in the village of Teluk Bahang in the State of Penang in northern Malaysia. Focusing on women's right to work and their rights at work, the article engages in an analysis of women's labor market experiences and decisions during different periods in their lives as well as an analysis of the gendered outcome of contemporary hawker policies. Spatial aspects are central to this analysis, and it is argued that hawking represents not only an important informal economic activity for women but also a way for them to gain extended access to public places of work.

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