Simanjuntak, Marcella Elwina (2012) Criminalization of Women’s Bodies in the Name of Religious and Legal Reasons:Abuse Justification towards Women Conducted by the State. In: 9th Asian Law Institute Conference under the Theme Law: An Asian Identity?, 31 May - 1 June 2012, National University of Singapore (NUS). (Submitted)
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Abstract
Violence and oppression experienced by women in the name of legal, religious, cultural reasons and also patriarchal interests remain afflicting many women around the world including Indonesia. In the present reformation era, and the decentralization system was implemented, cases of violence against women based on religious reasons (covered by legal reasons) have dramatically increased. The State, through the National Commission on Violence Against Women, national and local NGOs and the intellectuals/academicians having deep concerns with women’s rights struggle have worked hard to exclude Indonesian women from the existing depressive and oppressive atmospheres. However, the local government have massively involved in perpetuating such depressive and oppressive atmospheres by issuing a lot of local regulations that are discriminate against women. This happens not only in the province of Aceh that has, broadly known, imposed part of Islamic law (sharia). Since the local governments got authority to make their own legislations, a lot of local regulations are then massively issued in many districts and municipalities. These regulations oblige women (including students) to have female Muslim wear. Those who refuse will be arrested and will be treated as “criminal”. This is a really detrimental situation to women. According to the data of the National Commission on Violence against Women, there are more than 154 local regulations (Peraturan Daerah or “Perda”) that discriminate against women spreading all over Indonesia. This paper describes Indonesian women’s hard experience since the local autonomy enactment provides opportunities to local governments to make regulations that will potentially criminalize women’s bodies in the name of religious and legal reasons. Keywords: criminalization of women’s bodies, oppression against women, violence against women conducted by the State
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | 300 Social Sciences > 340 Law 300 Social Sciences > 340 Law > 345 Criminal law 300 Social Sciences > 360 Social problems and social services > Social Problems 300 Social Sciences > 360 Social problems and social services > Violence |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law and Communication > Department of Law |
| Depositing User: | Ms Marcella Elwina Simandjuntak |
| Date Deposited: | 21 May 2024 01:28 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2024 21:58 |
| URI: | http://repository.unika.ac.id/id/eprint/35568 |
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