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March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Indonesia ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Indonesia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 22 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 30, 2024, 8:04 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law provides for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Law No. 1 of 1974 on Marriage, Art. 35 (2).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Indonesia was 173 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Indonesia is 52.7% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Indonesia is 70 years for women and 66 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Indonesia is 69.4 years for men and 73.3 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1

"[S]ome women who were pressured to cover their heads had reported the symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder, sometimes called dysmorphophobia, which is characterized by the obsessive idea that they feel parts of their bodies, in this case their covered heads, are flawed" (79).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ASR-PRACTICE-2

"Pramuka branches and supervise local education offices, make it mandatory for students to wear the scout uniform at least once a week… This included a specific uniform for 'female Muslims' that requires the jilbab, a long skirt or long pants, and a long-sleeve shirt" (5).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Indonesia is a party to the core international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The Indonesian government’s enforcement of its jilbab regulations against women and girls violates provisions in several treaties" (83).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MULV-PRACTICE-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-1

"Once the Cianjur Council speaker said openly, 'The best place for women is to stay at home. Women don't need a career'" (62).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: CONST-LAW-1

"Women are entitled to the same rights as men, including the right to wear what they choose" (14).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1

"The jilbab is seen as a symbol of female piety, high morality" (3).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1

"[A] school regulation at SMAN3 Solok includes multiple sanctions, including two demerits if a student wears 'a transparent jilba' and another two demerits if she wears 'a tight skirt, a mini skirt or a split skirt'" (43). "In Muaraenim, South Sumatra, a male teacher reportedly used scissors to cut the hijabs of several female students after a school assembly when he determined that their hijabs did not meet the school’s requirement. After he cut their hijabs, he sent them home to change their hijabs" (47).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

"Approximately 70 percent [of Indonesia’s civil service] were state schoolteachers, of which 49 percent were female teachers or around 1.49 million people. Most civil servants work in local government offices" (60).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1

"The threat of being denied an education or job is a highly effective way of persuading a woman or girl to wear a jilbab, at considerable psychological cost" (2). "Most female Muslim workers comply with the regulations, but many told Human Rights Watch that they see this as an infringement on their rights. Some women have quit their government jobs, seeking a freer work environment elsewhere" (60). "There are a lot of social pressures on civil servants to wear jilbabs. It is not mandatory. It is not an official regulation. But it is effective" (65).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-3

"Officials and managers regularly check whether women are wearing a jilbab. Women cannot even interview for a job in many places unless they wear a jilbab" (60).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1

"In March 2017, I went to Santen beach, the most popular public beach in Banyuwangi, facing Bali Island… The government set up a checkpoint not only to charge visitors but, later I learned, to separate males and females" (78). "We were walking [on the beach] when a man in a civil servant uniform [Korpri] shouted and asked us—women—to move to the woman’s beach section. We did not see public order officials [Satpol PP] like usual. He said the officials had gone home but it did not mean the rule could be ignored. He insisted that we should stay on our side of the iron gate that separated the beach into...more
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"Men will catcall or harass you if you do not wear a hijab" (75).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"In 2005, a local ordinance was adopted banning sex work" (77).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"Public order officials reportedly said that 'good women' do not go out at night alone and that good women will always wear the jilbab. Only 'bad women,' implying sex workers, would leave home at night without a jilbab" (77).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3

"Facing public criticism from conservatives, Razi later apologized and stopped pursuing the ban" (10).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: SRACE-PRACTICE-1

"When Ifa Misbach was a teenager, she loved to play basketball but was told to stop… I wore my jersey outside home. I hid it from my own mother. So depressing. I'm happy when I am on the basketball court. But my seniors [older students] reported me to my mother. It ended my basketball fun" (80).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"[Y]oung women and girls with traumatic experiences with the mandatory jilbab regulations said that they were uncomfortable with the peer pressure and the bullying they had faced to wear the jilbab… Two have tried to take their lives" (79).