Women and Religion

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Kompas – February 6, 2013
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Women and Religion
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From an opinion piece titled Women and Religion

According to the National Commission on Violence Against Women, as of August 2012 there were 282 local government by-laws and policies across the country that discriminate against women, mostly in the name of religion and morality. In 2009 there were 154 by-laws that negatively affected the constitutional rights of women, which jumped to 189 in 2010 and 207 in 2011. The laws are spread across hundreds of regencies and coincide with a six-fold increase in cases of violence against women between 2007 and 2011.

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