Women safety: Is misogyny a learned behaviour?

If a person’s gender role is a socially constructed idea that is reinforced through socialisation, what chances do women have to get equal rights?

What does the future hold for these young girls? Can they attain equal rights and safety from domestic and sexual violence? Source: Image by Ikhlasul Ama/Creative Commonsl

Kate Walton is a writer and activist and Iwan Awaluddin Yusuf, is a lecturer in the Communications Department at the Indonesian Islamic University in Yogyakarta and is completing his PhD at Monash University.  They discuss the challenges for women achieving social and economic equality in Australia and Indonesia.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on Indonesian women in many ways. Including an increase in domestic and sexual violence. Source: By Ed Wray/Getty Images 09 March 2021.