A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-109-jul-sep-2012 2025-08-31T12:01:34+07:00 Inside Indonesia admin@insideindonesia.org Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2012-10-23T21:00:00+07:00 2012-10-23T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-109-jul-sep-2012/women-and-development Nikki Edwards thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/edwards1.jpg" alt="Women and development"></p><p><em>Indonesian women have been the target of hundreds of gender-focused development programs but to what effect?</em></p> <p><em>Over recent decades Indonesia’s 120 million women have been the target of a veritable barrage of gender-focused development initiatives designed to help reach the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal of achieving ‘gender equity’ by 2015. Yet as this deadline looms, has the situation for women really improved? Are women any better equipped to gain access to work, healthcare, resources or government support?</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/edwards1.jpg" alt="Women and development"></p><p><em>Indonesian women have been the target of hundreds of gender-focused development programs but to what effect?</em></p> <p><em>Over recent decades Indonesia’s 120 million women have been the target of a veritable barrage of gender-focused development initiatives designed to help reach the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal of achieving ‘gender equity’ by 2015. Yet as this deadline looms, has the situation for women really improved? Are women any better equipped to gain access to work, healthcare, resources or government support?</em></p> 2012-07-02T02:02:38+07:00 2012-07-02T02:02:38+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-109-jul-sep-2012/unsafe-motherhood Andrew Rosser thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/rosser1.jpg" alt="Unsafe motherhood"></p><p><em>For poor women in Indonesia, giving birth can be a life-threatening experience</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/rosser1.jpg" alt="Unsafe motherhood"></p><p><em>For poor women in Indonesia, giving birth can be a life-threatening experience</em></p> 2012-07-02T03:37:23+07:00 2012-07-02T03:37:23+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-109-jul-sep-2012/labouring-for-development Michele Ford thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/ford1.jpg" alt="Labouring for development"></p><p><em>Working-class women, especially domestic workers, have borne much of the burden of achieving Indonesia’s middle-income country status</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/ford1.jpg" alt="Labouring for development"></p><p><em>Working-class women, especially domestic workers, have borne much of the burden of achieving Indonesia’s middle-income country status</em></p> 2012-07-02T03:16:04+07:00 2012-07-02T03:16:04+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-109-jul-sep-2012/finding-ecological-justice-for-women Rebecca Elmhirst thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/elmhirst1.jpg" alt="Finding ecological justice for women"></p><p><em>As Indonesia’s rural poor are increasingly threatened by dispossession, is it time to adopt a more radical agenda for women and the environment?</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/elmhirst1.jpg" alt="Finding ecological justice for women"></p><p><em>As Indonesia’s rural poor are increasingly threatened by dispossession, is it time to adopt a more radical agenda for women and the environment?</em></p> 2012-07-02T03:07:21+07:00 2012-07-02T03:07:21+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-109-jul-sep-2012/reality-or-just-rhetoric Nurul Ilmi Idrus thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/idrus1.jpg" alt="Reality or just rhetoric?"></p><p><em>The Indonesian government has come a long way when it comes to legislating for gender mainstreaming, but not enough has changed in terms of development practice</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/idrus1.jpg" alt="Reality or just rhetoric?"></p><p><em>The Indonesian government has come a long way when it comes to legislating for gender mainstreaming, but not enough has changed in terms of development practice</em></p> 2012-07-02T02:56:18+07:00 2012-07-02T02:56:18+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-109-jul-sep-2012/is-state-ibuism-still-relevant Julia Suryakusuma thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/suryakusuma1.jpg" alt="Is state ibuism still relevant?"></p><p><em>The New Order may have fallen, but women’s roles are still being manipulated for political purposes</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/suryakusuma1.jpg" alt="Is state ibuism still relevant?"></p><p><em>The New Order may have fallen, but women’s roles are still being manipulated for political purposes</em></p> 2012-07-02T02:47:14+07:00 2012-07-02T02:47:14+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-109-jul-sep-2012/loans-for-change Joanne Morton thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/morton1.jpg" alt="Loans for change"></p><p><em>A little help can go a long way when it comes to helping poor women to get ahead</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/morton1.jpg" alt="Loans for change"></p><p><em>A little help can go a long way when it comes to helping poor women to get ahead</em></p> 2012-07-02T02:25:07+07:00 2012-07-02T02:25:07+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-109-jul-sep-2012/because-women-deserve-better Cindy Nawilis thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/nawilis1.jpg" alt="Because women deserve better"></p><p><em>Two non-profit organisations work together to help women headed households break out of the poverty cycle</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_109/nawilis1.jpg" alt="Because women deserve better"></p><p><em>Two non-profit organisations work together to help women headed households break out of the poverty cycle</em></p>