Adelia Syahfitri – Scores of women activists from a joint committee greeted International Women's Day (IWD) by holding a peaceful action at the Simpang Lima traffic circle in the Acehne

Safari Sidakaton – International Women's Day (IWD) was commemorated by a variety of different women's communities and organisations that united under the International Women's Day Actio

Rakhmatulloh – Women labour activists from the Joint Labour Secretariat (Sekber Buruh) Women's Action Committee held a protest action in front of the Jakarta governor's office at the Ja

James Balowski, Jakarta – Commemorating International Women's Day, activists and workers took to the streets across Indonesia on March 8 to demand equality and an end of sexual violence

Jakarta – The proposed banning of mini-skirts in an around the House of Representatives (DPR) was one of the issues taken up in an action commemorating International Women's Day in fron

Medan – The commemoration of International Women's Day on March 8 was enlivened by a demonstration by scores of women in front of the North Sumatra Regional House of Representatives (DP

Danar Widiyanto, Yogya – The ideals articulated during the momentum of International Women's Day (IWD), which is commemorated each year on March 8, totally contradict the reality of wom

Yogyakarta – The commemoration of International Women's Day (IWD) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Thursday was marked by a protest action by hundreds of women from the Indones

Mahfudz Jufri, Palu – Hundreds of people from the National Police Crisis Center for Violence against Women and Children (CC-Kapak) held a protest action commemorating International Wome

Jakarta – The fact is that sexual violence against women often occurs in the workplace.

Oris Riswan Budiana, Bandung – Around 60 women from the West Java Regional Women's Committee (KPR) celebrated International Women's Day in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung wi

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – With this year's International Women's Day around the corner, women in this country continue to struggle in a male-dominated world and efforts to protect th

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This year's International Women's Day in Indonesia marks an increase in attacks on women.

Atmi Pertiwi, Jakarta – Twenty or so women from the Women's Justice Forum (Forum Keadilan Perempuan, FKP) distributed around 500 stickers on busses and city public transport vehicles at

Zely Ariane, in Jakarta – This year's International Women's Day in Indonesia marks an increase in attacks on women.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) and the government are still not paying attention to the fate of victims of rape and sexual harassment.

In the home and in the streets, women are being raped. The government and the parliament are ignoring cases of rape and are complicit in sexual violence against women.

Edwin Firdaus, Jakarta – Cases of rape and sexual harassment against women occur often and repeatedly in Indonesia.

Jakarta – International Women's Day (IWD) is commemorated every year on March 8.

Medan – Protesters calling themselves the Women's Liberation Progressive Committee (KP3), which is an alliance of the North Sumatra Islamic University (UISU) Islamic Students Associatio

Ronna Nirmala & Anita Rachman – Tuesday may have been the 100th celebration of International Women's Day, but in Indonesia the struggle for gender equity still has a long way to go.

Andi Hajramurni and Apriadi Gunawan, Medan/Makassar – Cities in Indonesia saw women voice various concerns from lax law enforcement to poverty afflicting women at International Women's

Indonesian women remain susceptible to gender-based violence due to the state's protracted weakness and unwillingness in providing adequate protection for them, activists say.

Arientha Primanita – Sitting on the wooden plank next to the railroad tracks that has become her home, 55-year-old Kariyah offers an apology.

Jakarta – The institutionalisation of discrimination based on gender, ethnicity, religion and beliefs is causing women, particularly those from minority groups, to progressively lose th

Iman Herdiana, Bandung – International Women's Day (IWD) was marked by a protest action by hundreds of workers from the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) in the city of C

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Commemorating International Women's Day today, global capitalism became the target of sharp criticism.

Andi Aisyah, Makassar – Scores of women activists held an action commemorating the 100th International Women's Day (IWD) in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar today.

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of woman activists in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta from the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerpari) commemorated International Women's Day (I

A peaceful action involving the distribution of leaflets and release of balloons marked the commemoration of International Women's Day in the city of Banda Aceh on Monday March 8.

Palu - March 8 is International Women's Day, which is commemorated throughout the world.

Medan – The commemoration of International Women's Day in Medan, North Sumatra, was marked by a protest action at the Regional House of Representatives building by hundreds of women wor

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Scores of women activists in the East Java city of Yogyakarta commemorated International Women's Day on Monday March 8 by calling for equality and freedom

Bandung – In greeting International Women's Day, on Monday March 8 scores of students from the People's Struggle Front (FPR) demonstrated in front of the Gedung Sate building in Bandung

Jakarta – International Women's Day, which falls on March 8, was commemorated by around 100 women activists with a protest action in Central Jakarta.

Isma Savitri, Jakarta – Hundreds of women demonstrated at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Monday March 8 to celebrate International Women's Day.

Hasyim Widhiarto and Sri Wahyuni, Jakarta/Yogyakarta – A grim report on the plight of women across the country will mark the commemoration of International Women's Day here, as the numb

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Hanifah, 23, carried her two-year-old daughter to join a crowd at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle here Saturday, as part of activities marking Internationa

Jakarta – The commemoration of International Women's Day (IWD) was marked by the accumulation of bitter gifts in the form of the soaring price of basic commodities and soybean, the bact

Banda Aceh – Acehnese women from the Gender Working Group (GWG) held a peaceful action to commemorate International Women's Day (IWD) on Thursday March 8.

Nur Raihan, Banda Aceh – Hundreds of Acehnese women's activists held a march from the Baiturrahman Great Mosque in the provincial capital of Banda Aceh to the offices of the Aceh Region

Cara Jenkin – In Adelaide, Kirsty Sword Gusmao can see that women, young and old, enjoy equal opportunities. At her home in East Timor, they still struggle for even basic gains.

Jakarta – Women's groups took to the nation's streets Wednesday to voice their opposition to sharia law and the controversial pornography bill, both which they said unfairly criminalize

Jakarta, Kompas – Commemorating International Women's Day on March 8, women in Jakarta, Banda Aceh, Yogyakarta and Makassar held peaceful actions demanding that the government and the H

Jakarta – Cases of violence against women sharply increased last year and it is feared they will soar in the future with more regions introducing shariah bylaws, which trample on women'

Radzie, Banda Aceh – Acehnese women are asking to be involved in the process of public policy making in Aceh.

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of students in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held an action commemorating International Women's Day on March 8 where they expressed their op

Jakarta – Commemorating International Women's Day which falls on March 8, today, thousands of women in Jakarta held an action at the State Palace and the House of Representatives (DPR).

Ratih Syara Maretta, Jakarta – Wednesday March 8 is International Women's Day.