Indonesia has seen a major decline in the number of child brides, but a significant 22 percent of Indonesian women aged 20 to 24 were married before the age of 18, according to a landma
Marriage & The Family
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October 13, 2012
June 17, 2012
Family planning officials want to raise Indonesia's legal age for marriage from 16 to 21 years, in a bid to curb the country's high maternal mortality and birth rates.
April 7, 2012
Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's recent decision to grant paternal recognition to children born out of wedlock, is problematic for mothers of children conceived through rape, legal
November 17, 2011
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Police in North Sumatra have uncovered a same-sex marriage in Toba Samosir regency, after the "bridegroom" turned out to be a woman.
September 21, 2011
Agus Maryono, Purbalingga – The Muslim month of Syawal, which follows the Ramadhan fasting month, is generally a month of rejoicing and forgiveness, but this is not the case in Banyumas
September 17, 2011
Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie said on Friday that cabinet members practicing polygamy should not be replaced by the president just because of
June 11, 2011
Vento Saudale – At 18 years old, Fitriasih has already been married 11 times in the past eight months, each time to a different Arab man.
April 7, 2011
Anita Rachman – In a widely cheered move, the House of Representatives plenary session on Thursday passed the much-anticipated Immigration Bill into law.
April 1, 2011
Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights agreed on Thursday to introduce drastic rule changes relating to residential and work permits f
February 19, 2011
Agus Maryono – The Banyumas Religious Court in Central Java has announced a significant increase in the number of divorce cases in the region, the majority of which stemmed from economi
January 12, 2011
Jakarta – Nothing was on his mind except for love when Edgar Martinez, a Philippine national, met Mercy Nababan 14 years ago.
November 24, 2010
Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – A new study has found that Indonesian girls aged 10 to 18 who were forced into early marriage struggled to secure good futures for themselves or their children
October 21, 2010
Ungaran, Indonesia – Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday demanded a wealthy Muslim cleric who took a 12-year-old girl as his unofficial wife be convicted of sexually abusing a child and
June 1, 2010
Alarm bells not wedding bells are ringing over Indonesian proposals to demand a 55,000-dollar "security guarantee" from foreign men who marry Indonesian women.
March 26, 2010
Makassar, South Sulawesi – The country's largest Muslim organization proclaimed on Friday that underage marriage is allowed, even if the bride or groom has not yet reached puberty, as l
February 21, 2010
Nurfika Osman & Anita Rachman – The Ministry of Religious Affairs is set to settle issues today surrounding the controversial draft marriage bill, which Minister Suryadharma Ali rec
February 20, 2010
Jakarta – The chairman of Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Hasyim Muzadi, said couples who didn't register their marriages should face administrative, not criminal, sanctions.
February 19, 2010
Controversy surrounding a bill proposing to fine or jail men who failed to register their marriages in order to skirt Indonesia's polygamy restrictions has angered dangdut king Rhoma Ir
There is nothing wrong with unregistered marriage and polygamy, Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali said on Friday.
February 17, 2010
Camelia Pasandaran – The Ministry of Religious Affairs on Tuesday said it would stand by its proposed draft bill on marriage, which includes controversial articles, but said it was open
February 15, 2010
Anita Rachman & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The Constitutional Court chief on Sunday threw his weight behind a forthcoming bill to fine or jail men who failed to register their marria
September 12, 2009
Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) said on Thursday that underage marriages, which were often caused by poverty and lack of education, should be prevented at al
August 17, 2009
Dessy Sagita – Domestic violence and extramarital affairs are the top causes of divorce in the country, with new figures indicating the rate of broken marriages jumped 40 percent compar
April 21, 2009
Purwokerto, Central Java – The prolonged economic crisis has brought about an increase in the number of divorces, Muhammad Farid, an official at Purwokerto's religious court said Monday
March 18, 2009
Jakarta – A Muslim cleric whose marriage to a 12-year-old girl triggered controversy in Indonesia has been detained for violating child protection laws, police said Wednesday.
March 10, 2009
Surakarta – Unregistered marriages must be stopped because they cause problems for both parties, radical cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir said recently to Antara.
February 18, 2008
Banjarnegara, Central Java – Poverty has been blamed as the main cause of the rising divorce rate in Banjarnegara, Central Java, where most divorces are sought by women.
August 25, 2007
Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Accompanied by her mother, "Dedek" sat nervously in the Banda Aceh Islamic Court waiting to hear if her request for a divorce would be granted.
December 11, 2006
M. Taufiqurrahman and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta/Bandung – Prominent women activists threw their weight over the weekend behind the government's plan to expand the ban on polygamy.
December 9, 2006
Yogyakarta – Dozens of students from Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah University staged a protest against polygamy Friday by distributing pamphlets to motorists at a busy intersection, asking th
May 16, 2005
Jakarta – What could be more ironic than being opposed by fellow women when one intends to defend women's rights in matrimony?
December 13, 2004
Kanis Dursin, Jakarta – The 150 or so people in the room suddenly burst into laughter when one of the speakers conveyed what he said was an appeal from Papuan girls.
September 17, 2000
Jakarta – Corrupt village heads in Indonesia's Riau province are reportedly making a fortune selling falsified marriage certificates to men who wish to take second wives.
May 12, 1999
Kafil Yamin, Bandung – Asih is only in her 40s, but she is already a grandmother four times over. She married at 12 and had three children by the time she turned 15.