Religion and women

Sophia
- an ecumenical feminist spirituality centre
[http://www.sophia.org.au]
225 Cross Road
Cumberland Park SA 5041
Phone: (08) 8373 3781
Email: ua.gro.aihpos|ofni#ua.gro.aihpos|ofni

General Sites on Women and Religion

Maintained by Christine M. Larson
[http://www.earlham.edu/library/content/outreach/acrlwss/wsstheo.html]

Include:

ISLAM

Women Living Under Muslim Laws
"An international network that provides information, solidarity and support for all women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam."
[http://www.wluml.org/english/index.shtml]

Indonesia
Prostitution, Pornography and Islamic Law - Kim Andren
Department of Government and International Relations
[http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/2159]
[http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2159]

ABC - Radio National ' Women and Islam'
[http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/stories/s375616.htm]

The following sites are from the Internet portal Qantara.de a German site that looks at the Islamic World.
[http://www.quantara.de/webcom/show_softlink.php/_c-365/_lkm-2896/i.html?PHPSESSID=133099]

How do women influence political Islam in Indonesia - Susan Blackburn 2004
[http://www.quantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-307/_nr-22/i.html?PHPSESSID=133099]

Sharia (Islamic Law) and women in Indonesia
[http://www.quantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-307/_nr-29/_p-1/i.html?PHPSESSID=133099]

Veiling
Wearing of the headscarfe jilbab (hijab) in Indonesia
[http://www.quantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-549/_nr-5/i.html?PHPSESSID=133099]

Private Choice or Public Obligation? Institutional and Social Regimes of Veiling in Contemporary Indonesia Eve Warburton
[http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/indonesian/docs/Eve_Warburton_Hons%202006.pdf]

WSRC Resources on Women, Islam and Indonesia include:
Blackburn, Susan 'Love, sex and power: women in Southeast Asia' 2001
Sears, Laurie 'Fantasizing the feminine in Indonesia' 1996

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