International Women's Day

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March 2010

News/Indonesia
Liputan 6 – March 8, 2010

Medan – The commemoration of International Women’s Day in Medan, North Sumatra, was marked by a protest action at the Regional House of Representatives building by hundreds of women workers who said they were victims of discrimination by their employers.

News/Indonesia
VIVA News – March 8, 2010

Jakarta – International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8, was commemorated by around 100 women activists with a protest action in Central Jakarta.

News/Indonesia
Liputan6.com – March 8, 2010

Bandung – In greeting International Women’s Day, on Monday March 8 scores of students from the People’s Struggle Front (FPR) demonstrated in front of the Gedung Sate building in Bandung, West Java.

News/Indonesia
Detik.com – March 8, 2010

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Scores of women activists in the East Java city of Yogyakarta commemorated International Women’s Day on Monday March 8 by calling for equality and freedom for Indonesian women.

Statements/Indonesia
Perempuan Mahardhika – March 8, 2010
Women must leave the home Fight capitalism, struggle for prosperity and equality Replace the SBY-Boediono capitalist government Abandon the rotten political elite Unite, for a united government of the poor

Women are not just housewives. They are not second class citizens.

March 2008

News/Indonesia
Kompas – March 9, 2008

Jakarta – The commemoration of International Women’s Day (IWD) was marked by the accumulation of bitter gifts in the form of the soaring price of basic commodities and soybean, the bacteria infection of powdered milk products and the high cost of education and healthcare.

News/Indonesia
Tempo Interactive – March 6, 2008

Erick P. Hardi, Bandung – Scores of students and workers from the National Student Front (FMN) demonstrated in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung today to commemorate International Women’s Day which falls on Saturday March 8.

March 2007

News/Aceh
Aceh Kita – March 8, 2007

Banda Aceh – Acehnese women from the Gender Working Group (GWG) held a peaceful action to commemorate International Women’s Day (IWD) on Thursday March 8.

News/Aceh
Detik.com – March 8, 2007

Nur Raihan, Banda Aceh – Hundreds of Acehnese women’s activists held a march from the Baiturrahman Great Mosque in the provincial capital of Banda Aceh to the offices of the Aceh Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) on March 8. The action was organised to commemorate International Women’s day.

March 2006

News/Indonesia
Kompas – March 9, 2006

Jakarta, Kompas – Commemorating International Women’s Day on March 8, women in Jakarta, Banda Aceh, Yogyakarta and Makassar held peaceful actions demanding that the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) resolve the nation’s major problems.