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Yogyakarta to soon operate mobile "Gender Corner"

The Local Agency of Women Empowerment and Children Protection (DPMPPA) of Yogyakarta City will soon operate its ...

Contract marriages leading to human trafficking: minister

Contract marriages have become the new modus operandi of individuals looking to grab victims for human trafficking and ...

Minister points to persistent grim participation of female workforce

Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister I Gusti Ayu Bintang Puspayoga affirmed that the dismal ...

Mary Kay recognized for product innovation, corporate stewardship and workplace excellence in Asia Pacific markets

- Today, Mary Kay Inc. announced it has received nearly 30 awards for product innovation, corporate stewardship and ...

Researcher hints at gender bias, lesser female ministers in cabinet

The lesser representation of women ministers in Jokowi’s second-term administration’s Indonesia Moving ...

Jokowi's second-term cabinet lineup features less women ministers

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President KH Ma’ruf Amin declared the names of ministers in their cabinet ...

Women Coalition urges Jokowi to keep same number of women ministers

General Secretary of the Indonesian Women Coalition Dian Kartikasari pinned her hopes on President Joko Widodo ...

APEC economies concur on supporting women in STEM

APEC member economies launched the APEC Women in STEM Principles and Actions, a set of recommended principles and ...

Canada supports two women's rights organizations in Indonesia

Canada will back two Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) projects in Indonesia supporting women’s grassroots ...

Indonesia's bargaining position on ASEAN, G20 forums

Indonesia participated in two significant forums at the regional as well as  international levels – the 34th ...

Indonesian women's activists to meet in Kendari

Female activists representing various women's solidarity groups and non-governmental organizations in Indonesia ...

Ciliwung Women School to decrease domestic violence through education

The Women School of Ciliwung in South Jakarta has embraced women in the area to decrease the number of  domestic ...

Ministry musters community participation for women's empowerment

The Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (KPPPA) Ministry has strum up support of the community to expedite ...

Deputy affirms central role of women, children in national development

Deputy for Community Participation at the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (KPPPA) Ministry Indra Gunawan ...

Indonesia encourages women to become agents of peace and tolerance

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi, at the 5th World Assembly for Women (WAW!), encouraged women to ...