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Workers from the Depok General Elections Commission (KPU) stack ballot boxes at a warehouse in Cimanggis district, Depok, West Java, on Nov. 25, 2020.(JP/P.J.Leo)
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Indonesia’s election commission yields to demands to restore women’s representation rule
The commission will give political parties until May 14 to revise their lists of candidates for the 2024 legislative election to accommodate the rule change. JAKARTA – In response to protests from rights groups fearing a lack of women’s...
Ten signers of the declaration representing the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus, the House of Regional Representatives, and eight party fractions of Indonesian parliament committed to ending violence against women in politics in the country (UN Women)
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Indonesian parliament calls for urgent action to end violence against women in politics
Jakarta, Indonesia – The Women’s Parliamentary Caucus of the Republic of Indonesia signed a declaration today to “condemn any form of gender-based violence that hinders women from fulfilling their equal rights” and to urge all groups to allow women...
House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani (right) speaks to her mother, PDI-P matriarch Megawati Soekarnoputri, during the party’s national working meeting on June 21, 2022 in Jakarta. (Antara/M. Risyal Hidayat)
Wednesday, September 07, 2022
Indonesia: More women in politics, please
For the first time, Indonesia, dubbed the world’s third largest democracy, will hold the general elections — the presidential and legislative elections — and nationwide regional elections in the same year. Taking place in 2024, it will be perhaps...
House of Representatives' (DPR's) Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Board Member Dyah Esti conveyed the importance of gender of equality. ANTARA/Dyah Roro Esti Documentation/FR
Thursday, March 03, 2022
Indonesia: Women's political representation and gender-friendly policies
Women's political representation is not only meaningful in terms of fulfilling the quota of 30 percent within the parliament, but also it affects substantive matters such as gender-friendly policies. The importance of women representation in...
Screenshot of Chairwoman of the Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani) Giwo Rubianto presenting her opening remarks during a webinar hosted by Kowani and viewed from Jakarta on Wednesday (Nov 17, 2021). ANTARA/Tri Meilani Ameliya.
Friday, January 07, 2022
Indonesia: Encourage women's participation in national legislature
Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani) Chairwoman Giwo Rubianto called to address the issue of low women's participation in national politics, especially the national legislature, by promoting participation and boosting political education among women...
Friday, November 22, 2019
Indonesia: ‘Leadership at grassroots must to boost women empowerment’
Speaking at the panel as the inaugural speaker, minister in the prime minister’s office of Singapore, Indranee Rajah, said the country has not been able to solve all gender issues but has made great strides since 1965. Female leadership has been...
Friday, May 03, 2019
Indonesia: To achieve real representation, women need more power in political parties
The race between Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto might have captured most of the media attention, but tomorrow nearly 8,000 candidates will also be competing for 575 seats in the national legislature (DPR). About 40 per cent of these candidates are...
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Indonesia's had gender quotas in parliament for years - why aren't they working?
From her home in Jakarta, Permaswari Wardani proudly holds up an intricate hand-drawn comic. It’s her humorous take on what she sees as the wrongs in Indonesian politics today. The 38-year-old architect hopes the run of 5,000 copies – leading to...
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Irine Putri
Irine Putri is a Member of Parliament in Indonesia. This interview was conducted in November 2017 in Ottawa, Canada, during the Inter-parliamentary Union's Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians.
Indonesia
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Indonesia: a political ground shift for women
Sahanan thought her chance of being elected to the Lampung Provincial Parliament in Indonesia on last year’s parliamentary poll was next to none.  Tina Chadarsi, jostling for a district parliamentary seat in Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta, had similar...
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Indonesian Women Marginalized at the Polls Too
“Men are from Mars and women are from Venus” may have been the title of a best-selling book, but it also emphasizes how women have always been depicted differently to men. It also happens in politics. Physical and psychological differences aside,...
Thursday, October 24, 2013
International Conference on ASEAN women. Empowerment: Issues and Challenges
The world community presently can see women become the head of the states, CEOs, bank governors and important figures in certain organization. However, equally true, there are a large number of women around the world who are still struggling with...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Indonesia Penalizes Parties in Fight for Women
When Diah Pitaloka took over the youth wing of Indonesia’s third-biggest political party two years ago, her male colleagues addressed her as “Pak,” which in Indonesian means “Mr.” The world’s most populous Muslim country will now penalize political...
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Indonesia: Are quotas for women still relevant?
Constitutional law professor Yusril Ihza Mahendra has questioned the 30 percent quota for women in the Indonesian electoral system, doubting the legal foundation of the quota and expressing a desire for the Constitutional Court to repeal it. Many...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Indonesia: Female Legislative Candidates Face Uphill Battle in Aceh
Besides the absence of political will to comply with the legally required quota for women on candidacy lists, the verdict of the Constitutional Court ruling on the majority vote system has dashed the hopes of women seeking to gain 30 percent of...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Indonesia : Ani Widyani Soetjipto: Women in Politics
They were a real political loss, as female candidates who many were former activists failed to win the elections, she said. "It turns out what we called the women movement is really fragile. Many activists have been working at the grass root level...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Indonesia: Council to Welcome More Women, New Faces
With three weeks having passed since the elections, and accusations of discrepancies in the ballot-count being lodged by more than a dozen districts, the KPUD has finally tallied up the votes from all five electoral districts. Of the 94 seats in the...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Indonesia: Number of Women Councilors Increases
Unsupportive regulations and culture have not prevented the increasing representation of women in local legislative councils, election results revealed Monday. To read the full article, please visit the The Jakarta Post's site.

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