Gender-based violence - Indonesia at Melbourne

Women have been hit harder by the pandemic. As Indonesia assumes leadership of the G20, it has a chance to do something about the problem.

If Indonesia is going to lead global economic recovery from Covid-19, recovery plans must address gender inequality.

Will Islamist sentiment smother Indonesia’s ‘me too’ movement in the education sector?

Education, Gender, Religion, Top Stories

Conservative Muslim groups have confusingly argued that a new regulation seeking to protect students from sexual abuse effectively promotes any sexual acts that involve consent.

Talking Indonesia: domestic violence

Gender, Talking Indonesia

How serious is the problem of gender-based violence in Indonesia? Why has the 2004 Anti-Domestic Violence Law had a limited impact on the problem? Dr Annisa Beta discusses these issues and more with Balawyn Jones in the latest episode of Talking Indonesia.

‘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.

Diverse voices call for government to eliminate violence against women

Analysis, Gender, Human Rights

Hundreds of Indonesian women marked International Women's Day on 8 March by marching through Central Jakarta and demanding action against violence and harassment of women. Dr Monika Winarnita and Gavin Height take a look at the broad range of groups and individuals who participated.

Photo essay: march against sexual violence

Gender, Human Rights, Law

On 8 December, an estimated 2,000 people marched through central Jakarta to urge the House of Representatives (DPR) to urgently pass the anti-sexual violence bill. Here we present a selection of images from the demonstration, taken by women's activist Tunggal Pawestri.

Reflections on 20 years of reform: women's activist Nursyahbani Katjasungkana

20 Years After Soeharto, Gender, Interview, Law

To mark 20 years since the fall of Soeharto and the New Order regime, Indonesia at Melbourne is speaking to a range of prominent figures about their views on the reform process. Today we speak to women's activist Nursyahbani Katjasungkana.

Women's March Jakarta 2018

Gender, Society

On 3 March, hundreds of Indonesian feminists took to the streets in the second Jakarta Women’s March, demanding that the government promote gender equality in law making and public policy and take action to eradicate violence against women. Like similar marches across the globe, the event featured many powerful and humorous signs.

Online feminist communities bring sexual violence into the spotlight

Analysis, Gender

The shocking gang-rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Bengkulu has galvanised the Indonesian public. PhD candidate Hannah Loney looks at the case and how Indonesian feminists and activists used online spaces to draw critical attention to the issue of sexual violence in the country.

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