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WRRC Bibliography: Indonesia, Women's Inheritance and Property Rights

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Women’s Rights in Acquiring ½ of Joint Matrimonial Property Post Divorce and Separation
This article discusses the division of joint matrimonial property under Indonesian national law and acehnese customary law and the need for greater awareness of this law amongst women to prevent injustice to women.
“Adat, the state and Minangkabau women’s land rights in West Sumatra, Indonesia”
“Inching toward equality: recent developments in Indonesian Inheritance Law”

Indonesia the largest Muslim country in the world, has witnessed what may be interpreted as a continued Islamisation of its Family Law, including the absorption & subsumption of prevalent practices into a logic of codification and reform according to particular interpretations of Muslim laws...

“Indonesia’s emerging Muslim feminism: women leaders on equality, inheritance and other gender issues”
This article covers the diversity of opinions among Javanese women concerning Islamic teaching that influence women’s lives such as covering the head, women’s share of inheritance, and polygyny.
“Islamic inheritance law in Indonesia: The influence of Hazairin's theory of bilateral inheritance"
Islamic inheritance law has long been a source of controversy in Indonesia. The controversy has generally been framed in terms of a supposed conflict between Islamic inheritance doctrines and the customary law or adat of the country's many ethnic communities. This article argues that recent...
“Joint marital property in Indonesian customary, Islamic, and national law"
“Marital property in California and Indonesia: Community property and harta bersama”
One of the more notable features of Indonesian Islamic law is its recognition of the concept of jointly owned marital property which bears a striking similarity to the community property system in California. In both systems the marital estate consists of property acquired during the marriage...
“Rural women’s land rights in Java, Indonesia: Strengthened by Family Law, but weakened by land registration”
In Java, Indonesia, only about one-third of land title certificates reflect ownership by women. This lack of registered land ownership can potentially harm women by depriving them of influence within the household and leaving them vulnerable in cases of divorce or a spouse’s death. This Article...
“Women, land, and labor: negotiating clientage and kinship in a Minangkabau peasant community”
One of the central dynamics shaping agrarian change, and one seldom highlighted, is the structure and ideology of kinship and clientage in peasant communities. This article examines the importance of kin ties in the maintenance of nonwage labor relationships in a wet-rice farming community in West...