In the first study of the kind, Susan Blackburn examines how
Indonesian women have engaged with the state since they began to
organise a century ago. Voices from the women's movement resound in
these pages, posing demands such as education for girls and reform
of marriage laws. The state, for its part, is shown attempting to
control women. The book investigates the outcomes of these mutual
claims and the power of the state and the women's movement in
improving women's lives. It also questions the effects on women of
recent changes to the state, such as Indonesia's transition to
democracy and the election of its first female president. The wider
context is important. On some issues, like reproductive health,
international institutions have been influential and as the largest
Islamic society in the world, Indonesia offers special insights
into the role of religion in shaping relations between women and
the state.
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