Arena Magazine, April 1st, 2000
After several months' controversy and intimidation, around 400 women participated in the first ever Aceh women's congress in February this year. Their resolutions and initiatives outstripped many other attempts to resolve the complex conflict between Jakarta and Indonesia's westernmost province. They proposed a peace commission for Aceh to mediate change and a much greater role for women. They declared, `We, the women of Aceh, demand at least a 30 per cent share in the decision-making process for the future of our land'.
Aceh's women's groups, student movements and non-government organisati...
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