Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Children born to couples in unregistered marriages, known as nikah siri, will now be able to have the names of their fathers recorded on their birth certificates

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The early marriage rate has reportedly been increasing from year-to-year in some East Java regencies, raising concerns from local administrations that a bab

The Religious Affairs Ministry said it would stop charging a marriage registration fee to ease the burden of those who want to get married and discourage the practice of charging exorbi

Yuliasri Perdani and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) investigation into the graft case involving former chief of the National Traffic Police

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) wants the government to revise Law No. 1/1974 on marriage, which legalizes polygamy, to protect women.

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – In the wake of the outcry over the controversial four-day marriage by a West Java regent, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on men, particularly thos

Camelia Pasandaran – Things continue to go from bad to worse for Aceng Fikri, the embattled head of Garut district in West Java.

Jakarta – Voters turn to independent political candidates when they feel disappointed in party-affiliated politicians.

Protestors rallied against Garut's embattled district chief on Monday in a demonstration that united Islamic students, university groups and women's rights activists in anger against a

Indonesia has seen a major decline in the number of child brides, but a significant 22 percent of Indonesian women aged 20 to 24 were married before the age of 18, according to a landma

Family planning officials want to raise Indonesia's legal age for marriage from 16 to 21 years, in a bid to curb the country's high maternal mortality and birth rates.

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's recent decision to grant paternal recognition to children born out of wedlock, is problematic for mothers of children conceived through rape, legal

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Police in North Sumatra have uncovered a same-sex marriage in Toba Samosir regency, after the "bridegroom" turned out to be a woman.

Agus Maryono, Purbalingga – The Muslim month of Syawal, which follows the Ramadhan fasting month, is generally a month of rejoicing and forgiveness, but this is not the case in Banyumas

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie said on Friday that cabinet members practicing polygamy should not be replaced by the president just because of

Vento Saudale – At 18 years old, Fitriasih has already been married 11 times in the past eight months, each time to a different Arab man.

Anita Rachman – In a widely cheered move, the House of Representatives plenary session on Thursday passed the much-anticipated Immigration Bill into law.

Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights agreed on Thursday to introduce drastic rule changes relating to residential and work permits f

Agus Maryono – The Banyumas Religious Court in Central Java has announced a significant increase in the number of divorce cases in the region, the majority of which stemmed from economi

Jakarta – Nothing was on his mind except for love when Edgar Martinez, a Philippine national, met Mercy Nababan 14 years ago.

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – A new study has found that Indonesian girls aged 10 to 18 who were forced into early marriage struggled to secure good futures for themselves or their children

Ungaran, Indonesia – Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday demanded a wealthy Muslim cleric who took a 12-year-old girl as his unofficial wife be convicted of sexually abusing a child and

Alarm bells not wedding bells are ringing over Indonesian proposals to demand a 55,000-dollar "security guarantee" from foreign men who marry Indonesian women.

Makassar, South Sulawesi – The country's largest Muslim organization proclaimed on Friday that underage marriage is allowed, even if the bride or groom has not yet reached puberty, as l

Nurfika Osman & Anita Rachman – The Ministry of Religious Affairs is set to settle issues today surrounding the controversial draft marriage bill, which Minister Suryadharma Ali rec

Jakarta – The chairman of Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Hasyim Muzadi, said couples who didn't register their marriages should face administrative, not criminal, sanctions.

Controversy surrounding a bill proposing to fine or jail men who failed to register their marriages in order to skirt Indonesia's polygamy restrictions has angered dangdut king Rhoma Ir

There is nothing wrong with unregistered marriage and polygamy, Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali said on Friday.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Ministry of Religious Affairs on Tuesday said it would stand by its proposed draft bill on marriage, which includes controversial articles, but said it was open

Anita Rachman & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The Constitutional Court chief on Sunday threw his weight behind a forthcoming bill to fine or jail men who failed to register their marria

Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) said on Thursday that underage marriages, which were often caused by poverty and lack of education, should be prevented at al

Dessy Sagita – Domestic violence and extramarital affairs are the top causes of divorce in the country, with new figures indicating the rate of broken marriages jumped 40 percent compar

Purwokerto, Central Java – The prolonged economic crisis has brought about an increase in the number of divorces, Muhammad Farid, an official at Purwokerto's religious court said Monday

Jakarta – A Muslim cleric whose marriage to a 12-year-old girl triggered controversy in Indonesia has been detained for violating child protection laws, police said Wednesday.

Surakarta – Unregistered marriages must be stopped because they cause problems for both parties, radical cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir said recently to Antara.

Banjarnegara, Central Java – Poverty has been blamed as the main cause of the rising divorce rate in Banjarnegara, Central Java, where most divorces are sought by women.

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Accompanied by her mother, "Dedek" sat nervously in the Banda Aceh Islamic Court waiting to hear if her request for a divorce would be granted.

M. Taufiqurrahman and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta/Bandung – Prominent women activists threw their weight over the weekend behind the government's plan to expand the ban on polygamy.

Yogyakarta – Dozens of students from Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah University staged a protest against polygamy Friday by distributing pamphlets to motorists at a busy intersection, asking th

Jakarta – What could be more ironic than being opposed by fellow women when one intends to defend women's rights in matrimony?

Kanis Dursin, Jakarta – The 150 or so people in the room suddenly burst into laughter when one of the speakers conveyed what he said was an appeal from Papuan girls.

Jakarta – Corrupt village heads in Indonesia's Riau province are reportedly making a fortune selling falsified marriage certificates to men who wish to take second wives.

Kafil Yamin, Bandung – Asih is only in her 40s, but she is already a grandmother four times over. She married at 12 and had three children by the time she turned 15.