In my paper, I consider the integration of rights, cultures and religion within a Malaysian context. I weigh the extent that this would: 1) challenge the universality and secularisation of the rights discourse and practice globally (in reference to Mahathir’s ‘Asian values’ concept); 2) bridge the disparity between the rhetoric and implementation of women’s-human rights in global and local contexts (within the trajectory of the Malaysian women’s movement from the 1980s); and 3) embody an Asian-Malaysian feminist standpoint epistemology that has the potential to reconcile the impasse of universal versus cultural relativism of rights.  Publication: 4th International Malaysian Studies Conference; 3-5 August 2004, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi.  Author: Bong, Sharon.  [Download]