Elected on October 20, 1999 amid a growing division among people – especially between supporters of B.J.

Jakarta – Several female politicians have established a caucus that aims to raise public awareness of the role that women can play in running the affairs of state.

Santi Soekanto – A truly democratic negotiation for solutions in Aceh should include different elements including women groups, says Jacqueline Aquino Siapno from the Philippines.

Debra Yatim, Banda Aceh – While students and a largely-male delegation are still in a quandary on how to map out a future for troubled Aceh, the women have already created a blueprint o

Margot Cohen – Presidential hopeful Megawati Sukarnoputri is unquestionably the most prominent woman in Indonesian politics today. So what has she done for women lately?

Without doubt it is the women of East Timor who have suffered the most.

Sonny Inbaraj, Darwin – A number of East Timorese women have been covertly sterilised under Indonesia's national family programme as part of efforts to "undermine the survival" of its p

Timor's suffering women believe that a harsh program of 'ethnic dilution' is under way, writes Karen Kissane.