(Jakarta) – Most of Indonesia’s provinces and dozens of cities and regencies impose discriminatory and abusive dress codes on women and girls, Human Rights Watch said today. The harmful impact ...

Dress codes for women and girls in Indonesia discriminate against students, civil servants, and visitors to government offices and should be revoked, Human Rights Watch said in a report released ...

Police in a conservative province of Indonesia forcibly shaved the hair of a group of transgender women and made them wear men’s clothing, state media reported.

Pressures on women to follow Islamic dress codes are increasing. That paves the way for further restrictions on girls and women, experts say. Indonesian Girls Are Under Pressure to Wear the Hijab ...

I have been researching Muslim women’s fashion since 2004. My comparative investigation has taken me to three locations: Tehran, Iran; Yogyakarta, Indonesia; and Istanbul, Turkey. While there ...

"Many Indonesian men still think women have no rights to tell them this or that, ... "Too often it's about the way women dress or the way they behave.

Five years ago, a group in Indonesia did something unique: they convened the world’s first congress of women “ulama,” the Kongres Ulama Perempuan Indonesia or KUPI.Last month, they convened ...

Islamist government in Indonesia' s Aceh ... The Aceh laws regulate women's dress and public morality, require shops and other places to close at prayer time, and are enforced by a special unit.

The men-led campaign has taken on eliminating violence against women as their mission - challenging a deep-rooted and often hidden issue in Indonesia’s patriarchal society.

Batik, synonymous with Indonesia, particularly from the 1980s – when the textile was promulgated to be the dress code in every state and official function – was showcased on Thursday in Dubai. Jointly ...