Women's Rights & Gender Equality

April 2017

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Pembebasan – April 22, 2017

Aprianto Simon, Palu – Scores of students from the Women’s Struggle Front (FPP) commemorated Kartini Day in the South Sulawesi city of Palu on Friday April 21 with a free speech forum and long-march around the Nusantara-Talise pavilion.

March 2017

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Detik News – March 8, 2017

Ngadri, Pontianak -- The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has called on all parties to protect the rights of women, rights that they have yet to gain.

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Tribune Jogja – March 8, 2017

Tris Jumali, Yogya – Hundreds of students from the National Student Front (FMN) and the People’s Struggle Front (FPR) held a long-march from the Abu Bakar Ali parking area to the Yogyakarta Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) building in the centre of the Central Java city on Wednesday March 8.

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BBC Indonesia – March 8, 2017

Almost 1 thousand women workers from the IndustriALL Indonesia Council Women’s Committee commemorated International Women’s Day (IWD) along the length of the road in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta on Wednesday March 8.

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KBR – March 8, 2017

Yulius Martony, Bali – Papuan students, Ahmadiyah housewives and National Student Front (FMN) activists under the banner of the Bali Women’s Alliance (APB) commemorated International Women’s Day (IWD) with a rally in front of the Bali governor’s office on Wednesday March 8.

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Tribune Timur – March 8, 2017

Alfian, Makassar – The Legal Aid Foundation of the Indonesian Women’s Association for Justice (LBH-APIK) recorded that there were 1984 cases of violence against women in 2016.

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Tribune Pekanbaru – March 8, 2017

Budi Rahmat, Pekanbaru – Crimes against women and children along with human trafficking were the central issues taken up by scores of demonstrators from the All Indonesia Student Executive Committee Women’s Forum (FP BEM SI) during a commemoration of International Women’s Day (IWD) in front of the Riau regional House of Representatives (DPRD) on

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Pojok Bandung – March 8, 2017

Bandung – Activists from the Women’s Liberation Committee of Struggle (KPPP) held a rally to commemorate International Women’s Day (IWD) in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung on Wednesday March 8.