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The roles of women in Indonesia today are being affected by many factors, including increased modernization, globalization, improved education and advances in technology. . Many Indonesian women choose to reside in cities instead of staying in townships to perform agricultural work because of personal, professional, and family-related necessities, and economic requiremen
It was the latest in a series of the country’s high-profile cases of violence against women in a vast archipelago nation of more than 277 million people. With cases growing, more Indonesian ...
Nevertheless, women in Indonesia make up almost half of the nation's population of 267,026,366 people and are still the minority in government. [49] To combat the lack of representation and empower women, the UNDP ( United Nations Development Programme ) created the Strengthening Women's Participation and Representation in Indonesia (SWARGA ...
The Commission was established with two main goals: to develop conditions that are conducive to eliminating all forms of violence against women and upholding women's human rights in Indonesia; and to improve efforts to prevent and overcome all forms of violence against women and protect women's human rights. [2]
Reports by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the United States Department of State highlighted the most common human rights issues in Indonesia, namely the situation in Western New Guinea region, the treatment of religious, gender and sexual minorities, sexual and reproductive rights, the rights of women, children, LGBT, and the ...
Indonesian military abuses against women in East Timor were numerous and well-documented. [43] In addition to suffering arbitrary detainment, torture, and extrajudicial execution, women faced rape and sexual abuse—sometimes for the crime of being related to an independence activist.
The Chairperson of Komnas Perempuan at that time, Azriana, said on September 7, 2015, that there were at least 15 kinds of sexual violence experienced by women in Indonesia, namely acts of rape, intimidation of sexual nuances (including rape threats or attempts), sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, forced marriage, forced pregnancy, forced ...
Pages in category "Women's rights in Indonesia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.