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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

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

Jakarta – FemFest 2019, a biennial feminist festival organized by the Jakarta Feminist Discussion Group, will be held this weekend at Wisma PKBI, Jakarta.

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

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

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

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

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

Hannah Sinclair, Timor-Leste – Superintendent Natercia E.S. Martins is a rare type of authority figure in the Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste.

Eliza Mcphee – A shocking social media advertisement has promoted female genital mutilation for just AU$10 in Indonesia.

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.

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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Izzan Fathurrahman, Jakarta – A new movement called "Indonesia without feminism" has started its online campaign through popular social media platform Instagram.

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – An antifeminist group, Indonesia Tanpa Feminis (Indonesia Without Feminists), has launched a social media campaign amid heated debate over proposed sexual

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – GlobeAsia's '99 Most Inspiring Women in Indonesia' special premium edition issue, with a list that includes the famously tough Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Mini

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's track record of considering gender representation in ministerial appointments is lauded in global circles.

Ben Bland – How can we address the profound gender disparity that afflicts the vast majority of the world's parliaments?

Paulina Quintao – An exploratory research report on local market facilities conducted by the Australian Government's Program To'os Ba Moris Diak (Farming for Prosperity) and by UN Wome

Indri Maulidar, Jakarta – When end of fasting month Idul Fitri celebration arrived last year, Bandiyah (56) let out a sigh of relief.

Paulina Quintao – After conducting a comparative study to Australia, the President of the Timor-Leste Parliamentary Women's Group (GMPTL), MP Lidia Norberta, said lack of childcare ser

Jakarta – To commemorate International Women's Day, a coalition of women's rights organizations has reminded people that the country is still a nightmare for working women, who are oft

Febriana Firdaus – At the very time Indonesian women are lauded for their campaign skills (look at Eva Bande and the Kendeng farmers, who just won the Yap Thiem Hien Award for organisi

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesian voters have yet to directly elect a female president, but more high-profile women than ever are leading parties and running for office as the political

Kate Walton, Jakarta – Psychologist Jackie Viemilawati wakes up at 5:30am every day to get her eight-year-old son Noah ready for school.

Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – A study by Singapore-based research company ValueChampion has found that Indonesia is the second-most dangerous country for women in the Asia Pacific region

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – A number of civil society organizations and communities are set to hold the third annual Women's March Jakarta on April 27 to commemorate Kartini Day, which

Dyah Ayu Kartika – "If Jokowi wins, there would be no azan [the Islamic call to prayer], no Qur'an study circle for children, no veil [for women]; women can marry other women, men with

Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry is planning to issue a regulation that will make it possible for women to work more flexible hours and thus increase their participation in the labor ma

Ivany Atina Arbi and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The West Bandung administration's plan to establish what it calls "wife schools" to prevent divorces has sparked outrage among the

Jakarta – Commemorating 90 years since the first Women's Congress in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on December 22, 1928, activists have highlighted the problems facing women worke

Ahmad Fikri (Contributor), Bandung – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil led a ceremony to commemorate Mother's Day at Gedung Sate in Bandung on Saturday, December 22, 2018.

As Indonesia's current Minister of Finance and a former managing director at the World Bank, Sri Mulyani is no doubt one of the most powerful women in Indonesia (she was even ranked the

Paulina Quintao – The Chief of the Suku of Soba, in the Laga Administrative Post, Baucau Municipality, Francisca Monica said the government needs to strengthen training programs for wom

Jakarta (Antara) – The daughter of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid (better known as Gus Dur) and also the Wahid Institute Director, Yenny Wahid, emphasized the importance

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – International Council of Women (ICW) president Kim Jung-sook highlighted the role of women in transforming society with their feminine qualities during th