East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa on Sunday called for stronger protection, empowerment and advancement of women, ...

Fisherwomen on the north coast of Java Island are pushing back against plans to dredge sea sand for export, saying they fear it will worsen coastal erosion and harm marine ecosystems. Under a 2023 ...

The coast of Demak district, the site of the first Islamic sultanate on the island of Java, has been inundated by the sea over decades owing to groundwater extraction and development. The erosion of ...

Violence against women in Indonesia rose sharply by nearly 50 percent last year, according to the National Commission on Violence against Women. In its annual report issued on March 8 to coincide with ...

Over the past two decades, women and girls in Indonesia have faced unprecedented legal and social demands to wear clothing deemed Islamic as part of broader efforts to impose the rules of Sharia, or ...