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Indonesia: 154 Bylaws Haunt Women, 15 More to Come

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Indonesia: 154 Bylaws Haunt Women, 15 More to Come

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The government's tardy response to a recommendation to revoke 154 discriminative bylaws against women have paved the way for the deliberation of 15 new equally discriminative bylaws, the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) said Friday.The bylaws, implemented in seven provinces and 16 regencies, contain rules on clothing, morality and religion, migrant workers and the criminalization of women, Ninik went on. Some oblige Muslim women to be veiled while others prohibit women from leaving their houses after 9 p.m. without being accompanied by her muhrim (lawful spouse or male relative). Aceh, Banten, Gorontalo, Central Java, West Java, East Java and West Nusa Tenggara are the provinces with discriminative regulations.
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The government's tardy response to a recommendation to revoke 154 discriminative bylaws against women have paved the way for the deliberation of 15 new equally discriminative bylaws, the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) said Friday.The bylaws, implemented in seven provinces and 16 regencies, contain rules on clothing, morality and religion, migrant workers and the criminalization of women, Ninik went on. Some oblige Muslim women to be veiled while others prohibit women from leaving their houses after 9 p.m. without being accompanied by her muhrim (lawful spouse or male relative). Aceh, Banten, Gorontalo, Central Java, West Java, East Java and West Nusa Tenggara are the provinces with discriminative regulations.
To read the complete story please visit The Jakarta Post.

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