#marriage law

Collection of marriage law news, found 19 news.

MK's decision dispels uncertainty on interfaith marriage issue

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Muhadjir Effendy stated that the Constitutional Court ...

Family is the spearhead in suppressing child marriage: Ministry

The family would be the spearhead in efforts to prevent child marriage, according to the Ministry of Women's ...

Cross-sectoral coordination crucial to prevent child marriage

Coordination between regional stakeholders would be essential to prevent child marriage, according to Ministry of ...

Interfaith marriages not recognised by local religious affairs offices

Interfaith marriages could not be recognised and registered in local religious affairs offices, Deputy Religious ...

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Indonesia fights to prevent child marriage amid COVID-19 pandemic

Eni, a resident of West Nusa Tengga (NTB),  regretted that she allowed her 14-year-old daughter to marry last May ...

Child marriage: Police act on KPAI report, probe wedding organizer

The National Police’s Crime Unit has launched an investigation against a wedding organizer for promoting underage ...

Govt puts in place regulations, programs to prevent child marriages

Indonesia’s government has made numerous efforts and applied programs to prevent child marriages, Subandi ...

East Kalimantan is striving to eliminate child marriages

East Kalimantan has been striving to eliminate underage marriages as the province's child marriage rate is recorded ...

Child protection through minimum permissible marriageable age at 19

Director General of Social Rehabilitation of the Social Affairs Ministry Edi Suharto supported legalizing the revision ...

President orders 4 ministers to discuss marriage law revision

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued a Presidential Letter assigning four ministers to discuss along with the ...

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Rampant contract marriages in community worrisome trend

Lisa Thalia Natalia, 39, from an underprivileged family and an elementary school graduate, was not nervous when her ...

Campaigners ask government to support UN resolution to halt child marriage

Campaigners have joined the civil network of Koalisi 18+ to call the Indonesian government to support the United ...

Indonesian minister lauds court`s decision over interfaith marriage

Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin lauded the Constitutional Court for its recent ruling that rejected ...

MUI demands drop of judicial review of interfaith marriage law

The Indonesia Council of Ulemas (MUI) has asked the countrys Constitutional Court (MK) to drop the case of judicial ...

Controversial district head not to contest supreme court ruling

Aceng HM Fikri, the district head of Garut who had caused an uproar after he divorced his new young wife just days ...