Hello, fever20-ga!
I have compiled numerous references to papers and articles concerning
women's rights in Indonesia. Many of the articles reference the
history of women's rights in Indonesia as well as the current status
of women in that country.
"Career Women in Indonesia - Obstacles Faced, and Prospects for
Change," by Xylia Ingham.
http://www.acicis.murdoch.edu.au/hi/women.html
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The Online Women In Politics website has a number of links to papers
about women's rights in Indonesia:
http://www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org/indon/indodoc.htm
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"A Muslim feminist stirs Indonesia's waters," By Nelly van
Doorn-Harder. Christian Science Monitor. 2001
http://www.csmonitor.com/atcsmonitor/specials/women/rights/rights051701.html
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"Indonesia: Most employers neglect women's rights: NGO," by Eva C.
Komandjaja. The Jakarta Post, 24 January 2004.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20040124.C02
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"Women's Rights: Reinterpreting Classical Texts." Ford Foundation
http://www.fordfound.org/elibrary/documents/5002/191.cfm
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"How are women's rights being defended in Aceh, Indonesia?" By Janice
Duddy. Association for Women's Rights in Development
http://www.awid.org/go.php?stid=1340
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"Muslim Feminists in Indonesia - The Queens of Islam." A portrait by
Christina Schott.
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-295/i.html
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"Indonesia - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2001."
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. March 4,
2002 http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eap/8314.htm
(Scroll halfway through the document to the section on "Women.")
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"INDONESIA: IWD rallies champion women workers' rights," by James
Balowski. From Green Left Weekly, March 17, 2004.
http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2004/575/575p18b.htm
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From "Wolfowitz Supports Full Equality for Iraqi Women," By Jim
Garamone. American Forces Press Service. 2003
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2003/n11142003_200311144.html
"Two things impressed me in Indonesia," he said. "One was the
extraordinary tolerance for different religions. Indonesia is very
proud that Islam is not the state religion even though 90 percent of
the population is Muslim." Islam is one of five state religions:
Islam, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Hindu and Buddhism.
"The other thing that impressed me about Indonesia is that women
played a very important role in the family and in society and in
government," he said. "This is something that went back centuries."
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"STATEMENT BY THE INDONESIAN DELEGATION TO THE 56TH SESSION OF THE
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS - ITEM 12: Integration of the human rights
of women and the gender perspective Geneva, 10 April 2000.
http://www3.itu.int/MISSIONS/Indonesia/st00410item12.htm
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"Girls working as Domestics face Abuse," by Human Rights Watch, Indonesia
Jakarta, June 20, 2005
http://www.universalrights.net/people/stories.php?category=women
Scroll down to article:
"Hundreds of thousands of girls working as domestics in Indonesia face
physical and sexual abuse as well as gross labor exploitation, Human
Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The Indonesian
government has failed to provide any oversight to protect these girls.
The 74-page report "Always on Call: Abuse and Exploitation of Child
Domestic Workers" documents how Indonesian children as young as 12
work 14 to 18 hours a day, seven days a week, without a day off. They
are also forbidden from leaving their place of employment or
contacting their families."
Read further...
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"INDONESIA CALLS ON NAM TO TACKLE WOMEN TRAFFICKING." Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom
http://www.peacewomen.org/news/SSulawesiandMalaca/May05/trafficking.html
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Several articles about women's rights appear on the following site, starting with:
"Discrimination against women." Editorial. The Jakarta Post, March 8, 2004
http://www.infid.be/women_discrimination.htm
"Given the persistent complaints that Indonesia is lagging behind
other countries in the world in terms of protecting the rights of its
women, the observance today, March 8, of the United Nations Day for
Women's Rights should serve as a serious reminder of the huge task
that lies ahead for the nation in this particular sphere of our social
and political life."
Read further...
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"Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women,
Concluding Observations: Indonesia (1998)." University of Minnesota
Human Rights Library.
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cedaw/indonesia1998.html
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"Redefining the role of women in Indonesia - After being suppressed
for so long, the women of Indonesia are finally finding their voices
again," by by Abdul Razak Ahmad.
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:90UrWVG0g0oJ:www.twnside.org.sg/title/abdul-cn.htm+role+of+women+in+Indonesia&hl=en
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I hope these references provide a good start to your research!
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