Women in Indonesia : : Gender, Equity and Development / / ed. by Kathryn Robinson, Sharon Bessell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Adioetomo, Sri Moertiningsih,; Aspinall, Edward,; Baso, Zohra A.,; Bessell, Sharon,; Bianpoen, Carla,; Blackburn, Sue,; Boellstorff, Tom,; Cameron, Lisa,; Gondowarsito, Ria,; Hatley, Barbara,; Hugo, Graeme,; Hull, Terence H.,; Idrus, Nurul Ilmi,; Jones, Gavin W.,; Marcoes, Lies,; Noerdin, Edriana,; Oey-Gardiner, Mayling,; Pangestu, Mari,; Parawansa, Khofifah Indar,; Parnohadiningrat, Sudjadnan,; Robinson, Kathryn,; Sadli, Mohammad,; Sadli, Saparinah,; Sen, Krishna,; Surbakti, Soedarti,
• HerausgeberIn: Bessell, Sharon,; Robinson, Kathryn,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)

Indonesia now has its first woman President -- Megawati Sukarnoputri. The debates surrounding her elevation to the presidency brought issues of gender and politics to the forefront of the public agenda, raising crucial questions about the role that women are to play in public life in post-Soeharo Indonesia. The struggle to achieve a democratic transition following the fall of Soeharto's New Order in 1998 has also focused attention on issues of equity and gender justice. This book explores gender relations in Indonesia and presents an overview of the political, social, cultural and economic situation of women. The volume is Indonesia Assessment 2001, a result of the annual Indonesia Update conference organized by the Indoneisa Project and the Department of Political and Social Change at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- GLOSSARY -- PROLOGUE -- 1. Introduction to the Issues -- 2. The Mega Factor in Indonesian Politics: A New President or a New Kind of Presidency? -- 3. The Downfall of President Abdurrahman Wahid: A Return to Authoritarianism? -- 4. The Year in Review: From Blind Man’s Bluff to Mega Expectations -- 5. Further Comments on the Economy, with a Gender Perspecti -- 6. Institution Building: An Effort to Improve Indonesian Women’s Role and Status -- COMMENTARY -- 7. Feminism in Indonesia in an International Context -- 8. Gay and Lesbi Subjectivities, National Belonging and the New Indonesia -- 9. And the Winner Is … Indonesian Women in Public Life -- 10. Indonesian Women Artists: Transcending Compliance -- 11. Literature, Mythology and Regime Change: Some Observations on Recent Indonesian Women’s Writing -- 12. Women and the Labour Market during and after the Crisis -- 13. Women’s International Labour Migration -- 14. Customary Institutions, Syariah Law and the Marginalisation of Indonesian Women -- 15. Women’s Grassroots Movements in Indonesia: A Case Study of the PKK and Islamic Women’s Organisations -- 16. Women’s Activism against Violence in South Sulawesi -- 17. Gender Mainstreaming and Sex-disaggregated Data -- 18. The Changing Indonesian Household -- 19. Women, Family Planning and Decentralisation: New Variations on Old Themes -- 20. Men, Women and Community Development in East Nusa Tenggara -- REFERENCES -- INDEX