Indonesia: Dress Codes Discriminate Against Women, Girls

(Jakarta) - Dress codes for women and girls in Indonesia discriminate against students, civil servants, and visitors to government offices and should be revoked, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government should fully enforce a February 2021 decree that bans abusive dress codes for female students and teachers in Indonesia's state schools, and take additional legal steps to end discrimination against women and girls. The 98-page report, "'I Wanted to Run Away': Abusive Dr...