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Rifka Annisa is educating the community about the nature of domestic violence 

Women and the nation

Throughout its history, outsiders wanted the women's movement to be nationalist first of all. Now women are finding their own voice

Out in front

This energetic cabinet minister wants more power for women, fast

Timor's women

After the brutal occupation, gender violence remains a reality

Women's voices in the arts

Women’s movement activists and artists unite

Women and syariah in Aceh

(Michael Renner/Flickr)
Aceh’s women find themselves between an armed conflict and Islamic law

Uniform jilbab

The Islamic headscarf is now compulsory in many high schools

Lost daughters

Underage women in the commercial sex trade

We can do anything

Workers with soul take their message to the kampung

The fight for women's rights

It’s been a long struggle trying to get unions to listen to women

Justice for women?

New anti-domestic violence law brings hope for women.

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