Jurnal Perempuan
Vol. 19 No. 3 (2014): 2014 Presidential Election, Religion & Status of Women

Cultural Prejudice against Female’s Bodies in Discriminative Local Regulations: Politicization of Religion and Women

NFN Indraswari (Parahyangan Catholic University)

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Publish Date
01 Aug 2014

Abstract

This article discusses three main issues i.e. women, politics of identity and religion as well as the relationship among them. The three are binded by cultural prejudice casted upon female bodies, specifically in discriminatory by-laws in 342 regions in Indonesia. The discussion takes place within the framework of Indonesia’s decentralization which has been marked with among other the implementation of public policies which targeting women’s bodies and behavior in the name of morality and religion. The cultural notion is also discussed to provide a better understanding on the complexity of the relationship among the three issues as previously mentioned. This study shows that religion has been used and politicized to ostricised women’s rights and other minorities’ and vulnerable groups’ rights.

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ifj

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JYP Press

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Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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Jurnal Perempuan is a quarterly interdisciplinary publication in the English language and Bahasa Indonesia circulating original ideas in gender studies. JP invites critical reflection on the theory and practice of feminism in the social, political, and economic contexts of the Indonesian society. We ...