Reflecting on Women on Death Row
The ICJR collected 32 case files on women facing death row in 2000-2020 and found that the majority of the women (57 percent) were either unemployed or housewives.
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Dian Septi Trisnanti, Marsinah FM Coordinator reads the statement of the position of the Women's Labor Association on Marsinah's Reflection Night: Completely Investigate Marsinah's Case, Defend Democracy, Saturday (8/5/2021). He questioned the commitment of the Indonesian government, which for 28 years had not resolved the case of human rights violations against Marsinah.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — World Human Rights Day, which falls on 10 Dec., is an occasion to bring legal justice, especially for female convicts on death row, taking into account the vulnerability of women and the perspective of law enforcement.
A study by the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) and the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) shows that the majority of women sentenced to death endured social, economical, or gender-based vulnerability.