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WEBINAR: The case for feminist foreign policy in Asia
Feminist foreign policy is an approach which places gender equality as the central goal of foreign policy, in recognition that gender equality is a predictor of peaceful and flourishing societies.
Women: missing (but) in action in Japanese politics
Is Japan’s first female prime minister already in parliament or is she yet to be elected? The less optimistic among us wonder if she is yet to be born?
Indonesia’s fight for a law against sexual violence needs to involve a discussion of Islamic values
Time and again, Indonesians have been confronted by a conversation over the role of women defined and bound by cultural and traditional values.
COVID-19, women and digitised food networks in Jakarta: Inequality and resilience
COVID-19 has highlighted the need for informal food networks and the essential role that women play in creating and sustaining them.
INTERVIEW: COVID-19 will set back the cause of women’s rights in Indonesia
Work on gender quality, such as the Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence, is made more difficult by coronavirus.