WUNRN
DIRECT LINK TO FULL 8-PAGE 2011
WORLD BANK DOCUMENT:
"In 2010 the Indonesian Bureau
of Statistics estimated that there are 65 million households in
Indonesia, and almost 10 million of these - 14% - are headed by women.....Obtaining
new identity or family cards that show a woman is the head of her household,
requires the formalization of marriages and the issuance of legal divorce
certificates. Research conducted by PEKKA (an Indonesian civil society
organization supporting women-headed households) has shown that over
50% of the marriages and 86% of the divorces of its members are not legally
registered, as they are not brought before the Indonesian courts. It is for
this reason that access to the religious courts for the poor, particularly for
women, is critical to their ability to access broader public services."
