This article, by means of literature review and focus groups, suggests that participation of women is considered as a part of the Republic's National Values. Women are playing an important role in the Island-Republic, where survival, business and economy are all intertwined. Not to tap or even...

Every year, a large number of women immigrate as brides from developing countries to developed countries in East Asia. This phenomenon virtually did not exist in the early 1990s, but foreign brides currently comprise 4 to 35 percent of newlyweds in these developed Asian countries. This paper...