Women's rights in Muslim communities

This work is a joint research publication by the Directorate General of Human Rights (DG-HAM) of the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights (MOLAHR) and Equitas--International Centre for Human Rights Education. The project contributes towards the Government of Indonesia's National Plan of Action for Human Rights (RANHAM 2004-2009). RANHAM is being realized primarily by a National RANHAM Committee and over 400 Provincial and Local RANHAM Committees. The DG-HAM / Equitas project has been developed in order to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights staff and their partners to undertake effective human rights education (HRE). In particular, the project's activities are aimed at strengthening one of RANHAM's pillars (apart from harmonization), namely that of dissemination and education on human rights. The researchers of this publication hope to contribute to the tools and reference materials available for human rights educators in general, but especially those working in Muslim communities. The issues addressed in this publication focus specifically on women's rights.