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Women's Rights & Gender

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July 21, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 21, 2020

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

June 27, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 27, 2020

Jakarta – Second Lt.

June 26, 2020

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Mongabay - 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

The Conversation - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Post - April 21, 2020

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

Jakarta Post - April 21, 2020

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 Post - 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

Jakarta Globe - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Post - March 8, 2020

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Maimon Herawati is an accomplished woman who believes in equal opportunity for women.

February 21, 2020

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

IJ Net - 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

January 22, 2020

January 8, 2020

Coconuts Jakarta - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

The Conversation - 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

CNN Indonesia - 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

Arah Juang - December 22, 2019

Leon Kastayudha – Indonesia celebrates National Mother's Day on December 22nd.

CNN Indonesia - December 22, 2019

Jakarta – Mother's Day, which is commemorated on December 22 each year, has different meanings.

December 20, 2019

December 10, 2019

Jakarta Globe - 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

Persuit - 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 Post - 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

Jakarta Globe - 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 Post - 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

Thomson Reuters Foundation - 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

AsiaNews - 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

Dili Weekly - 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

SBS News - 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

Daily Mail - 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 at Melbourne - 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

Tempo - 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

New Mandala - 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

Coconuts Jakarta - 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

Tempo - 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 Post - 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

VOA Indonesia - 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.

Kumparan - April 28, 2019

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

Alinea - 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

IDN Times - April 27, 2019

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.

Jakarta Post - April 27, 2019

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Thousands of people marched from Jl.

April 25, 2019

Asumsi - April 25, 2019

The 2019 Jakarta Women's March will be held on Saturday April 27 with the slogan #BeraniBersuara (ReadyToSpeakOut).

April 16, 2019

Jakarta Post - 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

SBS News - April 15, 2019

Rena Sarumpaet – From her home in Jakarta, Permaswari Wardani proudly holds up an intricate hand-drawn comic.