This book explores the relationship between gender, religion and political action in
Indonesia, examining the patterns of gender orders that have prevailed in recent history, and …

A renewed global emphasis on 'traditional culture'threatens progress in women's and sexual
rights. This article focuses on Indonesia, where concepts such as 'gender harmony'and 'the …

The political downfall of the Suharto administration in 1998 marked the end of the" New
Order" in Indonesia, a period characterized by 32 years of authoritarian rule. It opened the …

Extrait de la couverture:" Indonesia now has its first woman President-Megawati
Sukarnoputri. The debates surrounding her eevation to the presidency brought issues of …

This book examines the life of women in the Indonesian province of Aceh, where Islamic law
was introduced in 1999. It outlines how women have had to face the formalisation of …

This article shows how the Indonesian new developmental state addresses gender equality
and women's empowerment in its effort to institutionalise a participatory approach in the …

In imagining Indonesia's future, its character as a country with the world's largest Islamic
population emerges as a critical issue. In the post-Suharto period, some commentators have …

This book demonstrates the crucial link between gender and structures of power in
democratic Indonesia, and the role of the online news media in regulating this relationship of …

This article is concerned with a pervasive gender stereotype within Indonesian society, that
of janda, meaning both widows and divorcees. The term janda is no neutral signifier of …

Indonesia is a country of some 230 million people of whom almost 90 per cent claim to be
Muslim, making it the largest Islamic nation in the world. One would expect that the character …