Gender 3 - Indonesia at Melbourne

A personal religious choice: regions banned from forcing students to wear headscarves

Education, Gender, Religion, Top Stories

A new joint ministerial decision banning forced religious clothing in schools has been welcomed by activists. But in an increasingly conservative society, will headscarves continue to be viewed as compulsory?

Proposed changes to election law threaten women, diversity in politics

Gender, Law, Policy in Focus, Politics

Revisions to raise the legislative threshold risk concentrating power in the hands of a few, stifling representation of women and other minorities, write CWI’s Heru Samosir and Dirga Ardiansa.

Will Indonesia’s 4.0 revolution leave women behind?

Gender

Indonesia has enthusiastically taken up the term Industry 4.0 but the government has yet to consider how the fourth industrial revolution will affect women, write Joseph Marshan and Ruth Nikijuluw.

Community responses to HIV during the Covid-19 pandemic

Gender, Public health

Amalia Handayani, Benjamin Hegarty, Ignatius Praptoraharjo and Sandeep Nanwani write that HIV outreach workers have had to dramatically alter their work practices in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tilik and the gender order crisis

Arts, Gender

The public debate prompted by the film Tilik is reflective of a broader ideological contestation around gender relations in post-authoritarian Indonesia, writes Dr Evi Eliyanah.

A long and winding road: fighting stereotypes and information disorder in Tilik

Arts, Gender, Media

Dr Novi Kurnia reviews the polarising short film Tilik, which has been hugely popular since being uploaded to YouTube last month.

Child marriage surges amid Covid-19 and growing conservatism

Gender, Law, Society

Economic downturn due to the pandemic is exacerbating drivers of child marriage, risking gender equality and children’s rights, writes Laras Susanti.

‘Home is not safe’: domestic violence increases as Covid-19 pandemic takes hold

Analysis, Gender, Public health, Society

Balawyn Jones writes that as the Covid-19 pandemic intensifies in Indonesia, domestic violence is emerging as a parallel public health crisis.

Talking Indonesia: LGBT inclusion and access

Gender, Public health, Society, Talking Indonesia

What are the barriers for LGBT Indonesians to access basic services, including health care, and what are the implications if they are left behind? Dr Jemma Purdey chats to Ignatius Praptoraharjo in the latest episode of Talking Indonesia.

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