Rita A.Widiadana, Bangkok – Indonesian women's rights activists have strongly expressed their disappointment over the country's statement during the review of the draft document of the

Paulina Quintao – Limited finances are preventing the National University of Timor Lorosa'e's (UNTL) Gender Studies Centre from conducting research and holding academic debates about ge

Paulina Quintao – The State Secretariat for the Promotion of Equality (SEPI) is working with the Alola Foundation to provide human rights training to members of the Youth Parliament.

Paulina Quintao – Gender studies should be offered by tertiary education providers, according to National University of Timor Lorosa'e (UNTL) Gender Studies Centre deputy co-coordinator

Herman Genie, Jakarta – A new government regulation on reproductive health, which gives pregnant rape victims 40 days to decide whether they wish to keep the baby or undergo an abortion

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Health Ministry is preparing supporting regulations to guarantee that a recent decree legalizing abortion for rape victims and those with life threatening med

Herman Genie & Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – A new government regulation placing a 40-day restriction for rape victims and women with serious medical conditions to have abortions has spark

paulina Quintao – The Secretary of State for the Promotion of Equality (SEPI) has allocated $10.000 across all districts to prepare female candidates for the upcoming municipal chamber

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Women in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) suffer from poverty, low education and a high rate of early marriage, says government data.

Jakarta – More than a century after the death of Raden Ajeng Kartini, the first Indonesian woman to demand the emancipation of women in the country, activists say gender inequality rema

Jakarta – A coalition of women's rights activists, under the umbrella of Indonesia Beragam, is calling for more female representation in the House of Representatives in order to tackle

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women has praised Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini for her decision to fire a number of civil servants for polyga

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Supporters of breast-feeding and government officials are encouraging state and private companies to provide proper lactation rooms at workplaces, saying that the

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A member of the Consortium for Women in West Java, Fridolin Berek, said female legislative candidates needed to create a joint working network, saying that unity am

A new organization, the Federation of Women-headed Households and Unions that comprises around 20,000 members across 19 provinces, was established on Thursday in Central Jakarta.

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The invisibility of women-headed households leads to them encountering difficulties when accessing various facilities, said participants in a discussion of the i

Venidora Oliveira – The Rural Women's Group in Baucau district have complained about the Secretary of State for the Promotion of Equality's programs, which are just implemented at the d

Veeramalla Anjaiah, Jakarta – More and more women have enjoyed access to education and health care across the globe in 2013, with a new global report disclosing that more than 80 countr

Paulina Quintao – The Advocacy Manager of the Women's Communication Forum Timor-Leste (FOKUPERS) Honorio Lopes said the language used in the song was an insult to women.

Rebecca Lake, Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesian delegates have come away with new approaches to women's economic empowerment after first-day discussions at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperati

Paulina Quintao – The United Nations Population Fund recommends the Timor-Leste government should create a new law or strengthen existing laws that set the age people can get married.

Paulina Quintao – The participants of the fourth National Women's Congress identified nine priority issues for the government to work on.

Rights groups have lashed out at the government for not doing enough to end discrimination against women, warning that women and girls face a continued risk of rights abuses and questio

Jakarta – As of mid-August this year the number of discriminative regulations has risen two-fold, from 154 in 2009 to 342.

Rochelle Jones – West Papua – officially under Indonesian rule since 1963 – is located in the Western half of the island of New Guinea, 250km north of Australia.

Angela Buensuceso – Ask the chief executive of one of the country's largest banks what it takes for a woman to excel in the workplace and the answer is clear.

Program Coordinator of the women's political organization Caucus, Paula Corte Real said they do not have programs to prepare women to participate in the village chief election to be hel

According to a women's rights advocate, traditional justice carried out in Timor-Leste, especially in the districts, doesn't benefit women who are victims of domestic violence and sexua

A representative of disabled women in Timor-Leste said disabled women were not involved in the celebrations for International Women's Day and National Women's Day, and described this as

Based on the statistics from the Confederation Syndicate of Timor-Leste (KSTL), from 2001 until 2012 a total of 35% of female workers had their rights violated in the workplace.

The Forestry Ministry has denied claims by several environmental groups that 1.2 million hectares of protected forest in Aceh will be cleared if the province's proposed spatial planning

Rizky Amelia – Political parties have met a requirement that women should account for at least 30 percent of their candidates in next year's legislative election, but some appear to be

Jakarta – An activist praised the fact that there are 2,434 female legislator candidates listed in the temporary legislator list, which is equal to 37.01 percent of 6,576 people listed.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – With no strict provisions on female representation, legislation often overlooks the rights of women, according to expert witnesses at a judicial review of the 201

Program Manager, Rui Carvalho, of the ISEAN Hivos Program Satellite Office in Timor-Leste, accuses personnel working at the Volunteer Confidential Counselling Testing facilities of disc

Yuli Krisna & Deti Mega Purnamasari, Bandung/Jakarta – A fashion show like no other was staged in Bandung as part of the Kartini Day celebrations on Sunday.

Heru Sri Kumoro, Jakarta – Scores of workers from the Association of Independent Trade Unions (GSBI) commemorated Kartini Day on Sunday April 21 with a protest action at the Hotel Indon

Zico Nurrashid Priharseno, Jakarta – Around 30 people from the Women's Action Committee (KAP) held a protest action at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Sunday Ap

Denpasar – The commemoration of Kartini Day in Denpasar on Sunday April 21 was enlivened by a protest action by the Balinese Women and Children's Social Network of Concern (JAMPAP).

Abdul Qowi Bastian – "In my mind and heart," a young woman read. She took a deep breath and went on, "...

Jakarta – Women in uniform showed off their prowess in riding motorcycles hands free to the cheers of spectators at National Monument (Monas) Park on Friday.

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – "Once a baby girl is 40 days old, she can be circumcised. That's the tradition," says Lusi, a mother of one.

Jakarta – On a recent sunny Sunday at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Jakarta, five men in miniskirts displayed posters condemning violence against women.

Zico Nurrashid Priharseno, Jakarta – To this day many women workers become victims of sexual crimes.

Susi Fatimah, Jakarta – The failure of law enforcement officials to protect women from sexual violence and rape has prompted an alliance of women from Free Women (Perempuan Mahardika),

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Representatives of the government and the House of Representatives told a court hearing on Tuesday that the new legislative election law did not sideline women an

Veeramalla Anjaiah, Jakarta – Do you know which country has the most women in its parliament? It is certainly not in a developed country like America nor in Europe or in Asia.

The National Director for Social Assistance said the government doesn't have plans to build more shelter homes for victims of gender based violence but will continue to give financial s

Nurdin Hasan – A plan to draft a bylaw on how Islamic men and women in Aceh's Bireuen District should dress as Muslims is a wasteful effort that nobody needs, activists say.

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Organizers of One Billion Rising Indonesia have finally secured a public space to hold the Women's Festival at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) in Central Jakarta o