Edition 103: Jan-Mar 2011 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

When there is no husband

NINA NURMILA

Indonesian marriage legislation and popular interpretations of Islam recognise only males as heads of families, resulting in discrimination against women who assume that role

Interpreting Islam for women

JOANNE MCMILLAN

For over two decades, Farha Ciciek has been at the forefront of efforts to promote understandings of Islam that advocate tolerance and justice for women

Living Islam

CLARE HARVEY

Lies Marcoes Natsir believes Islam can be applied in daily life in a way that empowers women and enables gender equality

Shaping modern Muslim women

VIRGINIA HOOKER

Glossy magazines provide Islamic life-style guidance for middle class Muslim women which is more than skin deep

Pious and mobile

JULIAN MILLIE

Bandung’s women are more active in developing Islamic skills than the city’s men

BIANCA SMITH

Sufi women defy traditional beliefs about female spiritual inferiority

ARIF ZAMHARI

Increasing numbers of Muslim women are joining zikir or religious chanting groups despite strong criticism from some quarters

Women and Islam

SUSAN BLACKBURN

Reformers, resisters and devotees show the diverse female faces of Indonesian Islam

EKA SRIMULYANI

Women in Aceh now have more opportunities to play public and political roles, but they still face many obstacles

Standing up for morals

CLAUDIA NEF

A group of women students in Yogyakarta see sexual morality as an issue of national concern

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