Rieka Rahadiana and Yudith Ho, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to lose its first and only female constitutional justice, whose term is up next year, potentially dealing a blow to women's rights in a cou

Dames Alexander Sinaga, Larantuka, East Nusa Tenggara – At a time when the Indonesian government is actively pushing for equal development in all provinces throughout the country, many communities

Paulina Quintao – Women's organizations urge political parties from the VII constitutional government to put away party interests and uphold the public interest in order to bring sensible developme

Craig P. Oehlers – Controversial website nikahsirri.com exploded onto the Indonesian online dating scene in September 2017.

As rain rat-a-tats on a flimsy tin roof, baby Afeena lies sleeping.

Resty Woro Yuniar – Creeping Islamisation in Southeast Asia's Muslim-majority countries is threatening to undo recent progress in gender equality, say women's rights advocates who are stepping up c

"[It's] a medium where the person or community you want to know about is usually communicating directly. It's their voice."

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – Siti Musdah Mulia can't remember a time when she didn't wear a hijab. Now the Islamic cleric sees it as her duty to don the head covering while in public.

Jakarta/Singapore (Bloomberg) – In the late 1980s, Pakistani clerics beseeched Indonesia to pray for them after Benazir Bhutto became prime minister and the first woman to govern a Muslim majority

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is seeking assistance from the Presidential Working Unit for the Implementation of Pancasila as the State Ideology (UK

Dina Afrianty – Can a Muslim be a feminist? Many Muslim women and men have fought for liberation, justice and freedom, but some still question if feminism and Islam are aligned.

Jakarta – Initiatives and programs within the European Union-Indonesia development cooperation now prioritize gender mainstreaming as a crosscutting issue, according to a report released on Tuesday

Jakarta – There is a sufficient set of regulations promoting women's rights, but gender discrimination remains a stumbling block to women's role in national development, a minister said on Thursday

Aprianto Simon, Palu – Scores of students from the Women's Struggle Front (FPP) commemorated Kartini Day in the South Sulawesi city of Palu on Friday April 21 with a free speech forum and long-marc

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – The struggle of Kartini, a young female hero who strove to release Indonesian women from old-fashioned traditions, must be followed by women in Papua, where lo

Max Walden – United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health Dainius Puras has released the preliminary observations from his first trip to Indonesia, stating that gendered inequality lead

Thousands in Jakarta took part in the global Women's March early this month, as they wait for the hotly contested Jakarta gubernatorial election to pass.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The latest Human Development Index (HDI) report released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) says Indonesia is still struggling to close its gender eq

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Greater participation of women in Indonesian politics, in terms of their presence on legislative bodies, is key to the country's efforts to close the gender inequa

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of activists from various groups celebrated International Women's Day in Yogyakarta on Thursday, calling on the government to bring an end to the violence ag

Paulina Quintao – Women's activists are concerned that Timor-Leste's patriarchal system is a barrier to the promotion of gender equality as society continues to consider it a part of the culture.

Paulina Quintao – Although the number of Timorese women in the business sector remains small, more are getting involved as a way of improving their family's economic situation.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Gender equity in Indonesia's academia is not all doom and gloom as the percentage of women researchers in the country is higher than the global average.

David Hutt – I ask for no outpouring of sympathy, but those of us who spend our days jotting down opinions and making them available for public consumption face a perennial question of whether we w

Jakarta – Recent tensions surrounding religious and ethnic intolerance in Indonesia can place individuals with alternative or liberal views on the sidelines, sometimes suppressing those views altog

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Nusye Hanarti wears a nostalgic smile while remembering her experience in 1998, when she joined her aunt, the late senior journalist and activist Siti Latifah Hera

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – "It is in a girl's nature to wash dishes and so on. Her place is in the kitchen.

Jakarta – Amid stiff competition to retain popularity and readers, some media outlets continue to promote the objectification of women in the hunt for clicks and market share.

Paulina Quintao – The Timor-Leste Parliamentary Women's Group (GMPTL) with other women's associations is developing a law to enforce the legal age of marriage in Timor-Leste.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – In what is seen as a pro-family policy, the Aceh administration recently issued a regulation that grants career women six months paid maternity leave to give them mo

Jakarta – Indonesia's women's movement has gone through ups and downs since the nation's first women's congress was held in 1928.

Jakarta – Women's rights activist Gadis Arivia, who is also the founder of feminist publication Jurnal Perempuan, says censorship holds back and humiliates female bodies.

Phelim Kine – The Indonesian government has launched a long-overdue campaign to eradicate the cruel practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).

Jakarta – If you are a woman residing in Sumedang, West Java, going out alone at night may now pose problems.

Paulina Quintao – Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo has urged ministers and secretaries of state to include gender issues in the annual action plan and the 2017 budget to ensure both women and men

Paulina Quintao – USAID is providing numeracy training to female producers through its Advance Agriculture program as most women in rural areas still don't know how to count in order.

Paulina Quintao – The Secretariat of State for the Socio-Economic Support of Women (SEM) re-established the Gender Working Groups (GWGs) in those Ministries and Secretariats which have already been

Paulina Quintao – The Women's Association of Manatuto Municipality (WAMM) has bought female entrepreneurs and employees together to help provide ongoing practical assistance to vulnerable families

Paulina Quintao – Despite high participation rates, there continues to be lack of promotion around women in sport, according to the Coordinator of the Commission for Women in Sport, Filomena Reis.

Paulina Quintao – The committee for the Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has called on the Timorese government to modify its draft law on human tr

Missiyah – For hundreds of years, women have been struggling to seize their rights, through organizing themselves and galvanizing a women's movement to push for better government policies, among ot

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – On April 21, Indonesian school girls will don the kebaya – a traditional blouse-dress – and firms will offer discounts to females, as the nation pays tribute to the woman

Paulina Quintso – Timor-Leste's Women's Network (Rede Feto-RF) organization is working with the Secretary of State for Vocational Training Policy and Employment (SEPFOPE) to provide gender training

Jakarta – Women's rights activists have called on the Jakarta Police to continue the legal process against two lawmakers for their alleged abuse of women.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Jakarta saw the highest number of cases of violence against women of any Indonesian city in 2015 based on data gathered by partner institutions of the National Commission o

Jakarta – Two hundred demonstrators from the Women's Struggle Committee of the People (KPPR) held a march to commemorate International Women's Day (IWD) from the Horse Monument in front of the Indo

The Indonesian People's Center of Struggle (PPRI) has re-launched the Women's Struggle Committee of the People (KPPR, Komite Perjuangan Perempuan Rakyat), which had begun to die down over the last

Yogyakarta – On Tuesday March 8 scores of students from the Women's Struggle Committee (KPP) held a protest action at the zero kilometre point in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Women's Parade of Struggle held an action in Central Jakarta on March 8 to commemorate International Women's Day (IWD).

Bandung – Workers in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung from the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) protested at the city hall on Tuesday March 8 demanding equal wages for wo