Block Print Art
Malaysia
Women’s Rights and Empowerment
FNF Malaysia’s longstanding partner, Ms. Norhayati “Yati” Kaprawi, has long been interested in visual arts, including painting and printmaking. Her artworks focus on women’s issues such as women’s self-autonomy, empowerment, and emancipation. On the occasion of Malaysia’s Independence Day, Yati decided to create block print artworks depicting five prominent women leaders in Malaysia, particularly women leaders who fought for Malaysian independence. These artworks, including Yati’s past artworks, were made in A2 size block printed works and displayed in an art exhibition launched on 24 August 2024, which ran for 3 weeks.
The 5 women leaders depicted in the block print artworks are:
Khatijah Sidek
Malay politician during colonial Malaya. A key figure in the early history of Malaysia’s strongest political party and a vocal campaigner of women’s rights and the education of girls.
Lim Phaik Gan
The first Malaysian woman at the United Nations (UN) in the 1970s. She also served as the Malaysian Ambassador to the former Yugoslavia and several other countries.
Sakinah Junid
A powerful poet renowned for her eloquence in combining poetry and Quranic phrases to inspire and galvanize young people in their fight for independence, effectively raising their political consciousness.
Shamsiah Fakeh
A Malaysian feminist who struggled for Malaysia’s independence. She was also the earliest progressive-thinking woman figure who dared to challenge the conservative culture, especially in defending women’s political rights.
Sybil Kathigasu
A freedom fighter and nurse, Kathigasu supported the resistance forces during the Japanese occupation of Malaya until her arrest in 1943. Kathigasu was awarded the George Medal for bravery. To this day, she’s the only Malaysian woman to have received the award.
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