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Title Women in Indonesia : gender, equity, and development / edited by Kathryn Robinson, Sharon Bessell
Published Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 284 pages) : illustrations
Series Indonesia assessment series
Indonesia assessment series.
Contents Introduction to the issues / Kathryn Robinson and Sharon Bessell -- The mega factor in Indonesian politics: a new president or a new kind of presidency? / Krishna Sen -- The downfall of President Abdurrahman Wahid: a return to authoritarianism? / Edward Aspinall -- The year in review: from blind man's bluff to mega expectations / Mari Pangestu -- Further comments on the economy, with a gender perspective / Mohammad Sadli -- Institution building: an effort to improve Indonesian women's role and status / Khofifah Indar Parawansa -- Commentary / Sue Blackburn -- Feminism in Indonesia in an international context /Saparinah Sadli -- Gay and lesbi subjectivities, national belonging and the new Indonesia / Tom Boellstorff -- And the winnner is ... Indonesian women in public life / Mayling Oey-Gardiner -- Indonesian women artists: transcending compliance / Carla Bianpoen -- Literature, mythology and regime change: some observations on recent Indonesian women's writing / Barbara Hatley -- Women and the labour market during and after the crisis / Lisa Cameron -- Women's International labour migration / Graeme Hugo -- Customary institutions, Syariah law and the marginalisation of Indonesian women / Edriana Noerdin -- Women's grassroots movements in Indonesia: a case study of the PKK and islamic women's organisations / Lies Marcoes -- Women's activism against violence in South Sulawesi / Zohra A. Baso and Nurul Ilmi Idrus -- Gender mainstreaming and sex-disaggregated data / Soedarti Surbakti -- The changing Indonesian household / Gavin W. Jones -- Women, family planning and decentralisation: new variations on old themes / Terence H. Hull and Sri Moertiningsih Adioetomo -- Men, women and community development in East Nusa Tenggara / Ria Gondowarsito
Summary Indonesia now has its first woman President -- Megawati Sukarnoputri. The debates surrounding her elevation to the presidency brought issues of gender and politics to the forefront of the public agenda, raising crucial questions about the role that women are to play in public life in post-Soeharo Indonesia. The struggle to achieve a democratic transition following the fall of Soeharto's New Order in 1998 has also focused attention on issues of equity and gender justice. This book explores ge ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women -- Indonesia
Women in development -- Indonesia
Women -- Indonesia -- Social conditions
Women
Women in development
Women -- Social conditions
Soziale Situation
Frau
Vrouwen.
Openbaar leven.
Sekseverschillen.
Vrouwendiscriminatie.
Femmes -- Indonésie -- Conditions sociales.
Femmes -- Indonésie.
Femmes dans le développement -- Indonésie.
Indonesia
Indonesien
Form Electronic book
Author Robinson, Kathryn May, 1949-
Bessell, Sharon
ISBN 9789812305152
9812305157