With the election over, Indonesia gears up to celebrate women's day. It's a timely reminder of how far women in leadership have to go in the nation.

The transgender women were forced to have ... couple to be publicly caned for the act. Indonesia as a whole has a long and vibrant transgender culture and tradition, which has historically broadly ...

and fail to protect women and children in polygamous marriages. Amnesty International Indonesia condemned the regulation as a violation of international human rights treaties that Indonesia has ...

Reports that ethnic Chinese women were raped during riots in Jakarta in mid-May have generated an outpouring of rage from around the world and a furious debate inside Indonesia. Legislators in ...

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