Women's Empowerment in Indonesia: A Poor Community in Jakarta

ISBN-13: 9781138563575 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 186 str.

Sri Wiyanti Eddyono

Opis

This book, based on extensive original research, explores how women can effectively mobilize themselves on their own initiative. It examines groups of women from poor dommunities in informal settlements in Jakarta, how they have challenged oppressive authority and provides insights into women’s attitudes and what has motivated them.

O autorze

Sri Wiyanti Eddyono is a lecturer and the Director of the Law, Gender and Society Research Centre, Faculty of Law, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. She is a Collaborating Researcher for Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre, Monash University. She completed her doctorate at Monash University, Australia.