The next cabinet under the President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono administration, his second term of presidency, 2009-2014, has developed a discourse to disband the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment (KPP) or to merge it with some other department. Is this idea productive,…

The President SBY will shortly announce the names that make it to the cabinet for his second term. Will he preserve the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment (KPP)? Whilst the time is short, the advocacy to preserve KPP must be set…

Komnas Perempuan now has new commissioners for the 2010-2014 terms. Amidst critics around the method of election, it is important to maintain support; giving suggestions to keep the new commissioners working well to fulfil the mandate of Komnas Perempuan. In…

The local parliament of Aceh has passed the Qanun Jinayat, provoking a fierce pro and contra arguments. The controversy is sparked by the implementation of stoning, and its discriminatory vision against women. The Qanun is based on classical fiqh thinking,…

Recently, the local parliament of Aceh has passed the regulation called Qanun Jinayah, which makes stoning a legal capital punishment for those found guilty of adultery. This has provoked a strong contestation from the human rights and democratic groups. Several…

Given by Dr. Saparinah Sadli during a session of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia in  July 2009
Chairman and honored members of the Council of Judges of the Constitutional Court, at the request of parties related to the…

Domestic worker working in home country, not migrant worker, is an important social group both for economic, political and social context. Their existence within family in Indonesia plays influencial role in supporting a family’s career achievents. Families with good professional careers…

In Indonesia society, household workers are a necessity for middle class families. The facts that access to education, economic and social resources seems wider for women has encouraged women from middle class family to leave their domestic sphere and involve in public works…

The fasting month is the month of blessing for Moslems, the month of piety, the fertile ground for good deeds. Formally, the fasting means that we restrain ourselves from hunger, thirst and sexual desires. The fasting also means new kinds…

Eva Sundari, the Member of Parliament from PDIP who was reelected to the Parliament of 2009-1014, had been a lecturer in the Airlangga University, Surabaya, and a staff at Asia Foundation. She holds that parliamentary politics, through the formal political…