WLUML-IWE: Women Reclaiming and Redefining Cultures (WRRC) Program End of Project Narrative Report
Project Reference Number: (As indicated in grant agreement)
- Project Name : Compiling a database of progressive cultural resources on women’s land rights: interpretations, experts, media products
- Project Location : Jakarta, West Sumatera, Nusa Tenggara Barat
- Start and End date of Project (original schedule) : 15/03/2010 - 15/11/2010
- Start and End date of Project (revised schedule requested) : Mid February 2011 (the letter of request submitted on November 24, 2010)
- Organization Name : Semarak Cerlang Nusa – Consultancy Research and Education for Social Transformation (SCN – CREST)
- Organization Address : Jl. Masjid Al-Ridwan No.39D Jati Padang, Pasar Minggu, Jakarta Selatan 12540
- Organization Telephone : (+62) 21- 7815679
Contact Person:
- Name : Sri Wiyanti Eddyono
- Title : Cheir
- Telephone : (+62) 8122695993
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- Address : Jl. Masjid Al-Ridwan No. 39D Jati Padang, Pasar Minggu, Jakarta Selatan 12540
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2. Summary of the project
6 activities have been done during project are:
- Literature on women’s rights to inheritance and land ownership, consisting of books, articles, research report, legislation, Intenational convention which ratified has been identified.
- Literature review, entitled ‘Inheritance Rights and Ownership of Land in Indonesia under Customari Laws, Muslim Laws, and State Laws: Where Menyusun literature review, berjudul “Hak Waris dan Kepemilikan Tanah di Indonesia berdasarkan Hukum Adat, Hukum Islam dan Hukum Negara: Where to put the women’s rights?”;
- Experties of Muslim Laws, Customary Laws (West Sumatera and West Nusa Tenggara) at community, provincial and National level have been identified. They are: 5 Persons of state law expert, 6 Persons of customary law expert, and 9 Persons of Muslim law expert.
- List of interview question for each expert has been arranged, the core question of interview is to explore knowledge and their view of 3 law system relating to women’s rights to inheritance and land ownership and other property;
- In-deeph interview of experts followed by writing the results of interviews;
- Writes a Mid term report and final report
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5. The potential long impact
The expert or figure on customary and religious leader, either state laws expert who involeved in this project are competent, well known, and respected in their own social environment. The projsct was encouraging them to concern the issues of women’s rights to inheritance, land ownership and other property, at least. In long term, they are potencial to spread WIPR issues to the wider community and support women to re-claim their rights to inheritance and land ownership by using progressive interpretation from multiple sources, including religious interpretations, customary laws, local beliefs, and state laws.