INDONESIA: Fight broadens against anti-women laws
A united front has developed among almost all women’s rights organisations to campaign against a new law currently before the parliament, the Law Against Pornography and Porno-Action (UUAPP). Opposition to the law was the focus of International Women’s Day protests in Jakarta on March 8. Kompas newspaper reported that thousands of women gathered in Thamrin […]
Govt ignores Indonesian debt slaves’ plight
The planned deportation of more than 400,000 Indonesian workers from Malaysia only reinforces their status as debt slaves. Malaysia now has almost 2 million Indonesian guest workers with legal status and another 500,000 without the proper documents. Malaysia’s new laws on foreign workers, and the Indonesian government’s pathetic acceptance of these laws almost without […]
