Gender Equality and Diversity in Indonesia
Identifying Progress and Challenges

Angie Bexley (Edited by), Sarah Xue Dong (Edited by), Diahhadi Setyonaluri (Edited by)

9789815104547

Paperback / softback, published 31 January 2024

316 pages
22.8 x 15.1 x 2.6 cm, 0.272 kg

Over the past 20 years, gender relations and the expression of power and authority between men and women in Indonesia have been shaped by the forces of reformasi, decentralisation, a reassertion of central power, and economic transitions. These changes have given rise to policy reform, an increase in women's political representation, and new expressions of diverse gender identities. But to what extent has the 'gender order' of the New Order, where women's role as a mother was the basis of citizenship, been challenged or just found new articulations? What shape do contemporary contestations to gendered power take? The chapters in this volume bring gender to the centre stage and provide reflections on the political, economic, social, and cultural progress and barriers in achieving gender equality and diversity in Indonesia.