Yunindita Prasidya, Jakarta – Experts have highlighted the need to support industry sectors dominated by women, as the economic downturn from the pandemic was affecting a disproportion
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July 21, 2020
June 27, 2020
Jakarta – Second Lt.
June 26, 2020
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The low number of women in the Indonesian Military (TNI) has hampered gender equality within the institution as mandated by the TNI Law, scholars and activi
June 12, 2020
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Online feminist publication Magdalene.co has suffered a series of cyberattacks over the past month, which has made it difficult for readers to access th
May 28, 2020
Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Coordinating Legal, Political and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has caught flak for his recent statement that likens the country's efforts to curb t
May 7, 2020
Lauren Bowman – In the rural Indonesian village of Hongoi(*), indigenous Dayak Modang women like Lina(*) have had to come up with creative ways to continue their long-held tradition of
April 30, 2020
Senza Arsendy, George Adam Sukoco and Rasita Ekawati Purba – Women make up the majority of primary school teachers in Indonesia.
April 21, 2020
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Five months pregnant, 33-year-old Niken Fajarsari has to juggle work, domestic chores and teaching her son, as schools have been closed in Jakarta to curb th
Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – With Indonesians prevented from celebrating Kartini Day to the full extent with festive parades and group competitions due to COVID-19, many have taken
A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil, Jakarta – Enik Maslahah, 49, is quite attuned to the environment she lives in, despite being a relatively recent transplant to Kalimantan.
March 20, 2020
Jakarta – Talk of sex is still taboo in most parts of predominantly Muslim Indonesia, but over the past few years the country has borne witness to a growing conversation on sexuality l
March 17, 2020
Izzan Fathurrahman – Perhaps no one else is more heavily regulated while, on the other hand, their roles are as rampantly neglected as women in Indonesia.
March 9, 2020
Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Indonesian men in their 30s are beginning to feel more comfortable with women earning more than them, an economist has said.
March 8, 2020
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Maimon Herawati is an accomplished woman who believes in equal opportunity for women.
February 21, 2020
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – A controversial bill on family resilience includes a provision of six months of paid maternity leave for female workers, but only for those working in g
February 12, 2020
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Instagram posts showing blurred photos of female members of a student executive body (BEM) in a state university in Jakarta have stirred debate on socia
February 5, 2020
Ainur Rohmah – Women in Indonesia still face challenges ranging from deeply entrenched patriarchal attitudes – due to cultural or religious beliefs – to a lack of government support fo
January 23, 2020
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January 22, 2020
Karina M.
January 8, 2020
An Indonesian university is facing scrutiny online for what appears to be a discriminatory smoking ban that only applies to female students.
December 30, 2019
Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia is closing in on its overall gender gap, according to the 2020 Global Gender Gap Index.
December 23, 2019
Erwin Bramana Karnadi – Women earn less than men in the workplace. It would take 202 years for women to make as much as men according to 2018 data from the World Economic Forum.
December 22, 2019
Jakarta – Coinciding with Mother's Day which falls on December 22 each year, hundreds of women marched to the State Palace in Central Jakarta to articulate demands related to women's i
Leon Kastayudha – Indonesia celebrates National Mother's Day on December 22nd.
Jakarta – Mother's Day, which is commemorated on December 22 each year, has different meanings.
December 20, 2019
Karina M.
December 10, 2019
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Education plays a pivotal role in creating a more inclusive society for Indonesian women aiming to ensure gender equality, which is often associated with
December 5, 2019
Rachael Diprose, Ken Setiawan and Amalinda Savirani – According to the United Nations, Indonesia currently ranks at 116 on the Gender Inequality Index, but our research suggests that g
November 22, 2019
Jakarta – FemFest 2019, a biennial feminist festival organized by the Jakarta Feminist Discussion Group, will be held this weekend at Wisma PKBI, Jakarta.
November 11, 2019
Beritasatu, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission, or KPU, says there has been an increase in the number of women representatives in the national legislatures after the April 2019
November 9, 2019
Jakarta – The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in West Java has officially appointed its first female rector since the first-tier state university was founded almost a century ago
November 5, 2019
Beh Lih Yi, Kuta, Indonesia – Standing on her surfboard as it was lifted by a wave, Zahwa Ardika Utami is one of a small but growing number of girls breaking with Indonesian tradition
September 20, 2019
Paolo Fossati, Jakarta – After raising the minimum age for women to marry, the next step to be taken in Indonesia is a law on gender equality and justice, said Dian Kartikasari, genera
September 2, 2019
Paulina Quintao – The National Director for Integrated Policy on Gender Approaches and Women's Capacity, at the Secretariat of State for Equality and Inclusion (SEII), Maria Filomena B
September 1, 2019
Hannah Sinclair, Timor-Leste – Superintendent Natercia E.S. Martins is a rare type of authority figure in the Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste.
August 23, 2019
Eliza Mcphee – A shocking social media advertisement has promoted female genital mutilation for just AU$10 in Indonesia.
August 21, 2019
Indonesia has one of the lowest rates of women's participation in the workforce in the region, and the numbers have remained unchanged for about 20 years.
August 1, 2019
Jakarta – Tempo.co is to become part of a rapidly expanding global network of media organisations that have joined the BBC's 50:50 Project – an initiative that aims to inspire and assi
July 25, 2019
Dyah Ayu Kartika – When the votes were counted in Indonesia's 2019 elections, women activists had one thing to welcome: the number of women in national parliament had increased to 20.4
July 10, 2019
Many public spaces in Indonesia, particularly malls, already provide special parking spaces for women, often connoted with pink "ladies parking" signs and situated closest to the build
July 5, 2019
Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) released a report on its official Twitter account about women's representation at the Indonesian parliament,
June 17, 2019
Jakarta – The head of the selection committee for the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan), Usman Hamid, says not enough candidates were applying to be Komn
April 28, 2019
Sasmito Madrim, Jakarta – Jakarta Women's March chief executive Fahmia Badib says that around 50 groups and communities took part in the annual parade in Jakarta on Saturday April 27.
Surabaya (Bangsaonline.com) – As many as 20 women from various communities joined the women's parade or 2019 Blitar Women's March in the East Java city of Blitar where they held a long
April 27, 2019
Manda Firmansyah – The 2019 Jakarta Women's March, which was held on Saturday April 27, began at the Sari Pan Pasific Hotel in Central Jakarta and ended with a rally at the Aspiration
Denisa Tristianty, Jakarta – Hundreds of Indonesian women, who took part in the 2019 Women's March in Jakarta, began the action by gathering at the Sari Pan Pasific Hotel on Jl.
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Thousands of people marched from Jl.
April 25, 2019
The 2019 Jakarta Women's March will be held on Saturday April 27 with the slogan #BeraniBersuara (ReadyToSpeakOut).
April 16, 2019
Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has been listed among the world's top 50 in gender equality according to the recently announced Times Higher Education University
April 15, 2019
Rena Sarumpaet – From her home in Jakarta, Permaswari Wardani proudly holds up an intricate hand-drawn comic.