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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
The Women, Peace and Security Index (WPS) scores and ranks countries in terms of women's security, justice, and inclusion. [1] The index is widely used to compare countries as well as their development trends over time.
During the 2019 Indonesia's general election, women candidates secured 20.7% of the 575 seat national legislature and 30& of the 136 seat Regional Representative Assembly. [48] 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]
Of the 271 million international migrants today, 130 million – or nearly half – are women. The share of women migrants increased from 46.7% in 1960 to 48.4% in 2010, [17] but has declined slightly over the past two decades, from 49.1% in 2000 to 47.9% in 2019. [18]
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW or UNCSW) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the principal organs of the United Nations. CSW has been described as the UN organ promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. [ 2 ]
The Pakistani women of today enjoy a better status than most Muslim women. However, on an average, the women's situation vis-à-vis men is one of systemic gender subordination, [52] although there have been attempts by the government and enlightened groups to elevate the status of women in Pakistani society. [53]
In 2022, a woman in Indonesia's Jambi province was killed and swallowed whole by a python, the BBC reported, citing local media. A reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) wriggles over a ...
The World Economic Forum's 2012 Gender Report found that women in Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia all received approximately 60% of the wages of a male for the same work. [ 20 ] Respectively, these nations were ranked 87th, 85th, 58th, and 94th in the world out of 135.