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Why raising the minimum age for marriage is not enough for Indonesia to put an end to child brides
Opinion 1 year ago

Why raising the minimum age for marriage is not enough for Indonesia to put an end to child brides

Keeping girls in schools longer prevents them from becoming child brides. It will also bring economi...
Ending early marriage
Editorial 1 year ago

Ending early marriage

The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has revealed that as only 5 percent of child marri...
House agrees to raise minimum marriage age to 19
National 1 year ago

House agrees to raise minimum marriage age to 19

The House of Representatives has finally agreed to raise the minimum age for marriage for females fr...
When death lurks in disaster-hit areas, midwives come to save the day
National 1 year ago

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When death lurks in disaster-hit areas, midwives come to save the day

Midwives played a pivotal role in saving mothers and their newborns when earthquakes and&n...
Underage marriage in Indonesia may worsen
Opinion 1 year ago

Underage marriage in Indonesia may worsen

The age of menarche, when girls first start menstruating, is falling in Indonesia. My recently ...
Child marriage still common, despite Indonesian court ban
National 1 year ago

Child marriage still common, despite Indonesian court ban

A 2019 study conducted by the Australia Indonesia Partnership for Justice (AIPJ2) revealed that reli...
Who's afraid of 2019?
Editorial 1 year ago

Who's afraid of 2019?

There’s no sugar coating the fact that 2018 has been a terrible year, an annus horribilis.&nbs...
Why women ulema reject patriarchy
Opinion 1 year ago

Why women ulema reject patriarchy

The challenge of pluralism that Indonesia faces today is the strengthening of identity politics, whe...
BREAKING: Court orders revision of minimum age for women to marry
National 1 year ago

BREAKING: Court orders revision of minimum age for women to marry

The court granted a judicial review petition filed by three child bride survivors and their lawyer f...
Mothers of the Missing: Anguished search for Vietnam's kidnapped brides
SE Asia 1 year ago

Mothers of the Missing: Anguished search for Vietnam's kidnapped brides

Vu Thi Dinh spent weeks scouring the rugged Vietnamese borderland near China after her teenage daugh...
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