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![]() ![]() Indonesia Women in the Armed Forces https://photius.com/countries/indonesia/economy/indonesia_economy_women_in_the_armed_f~61.html Sources: The Library of Congress Country Studies; CIA World Factbook
Each branch of ABRI had a women's component in 1992. There was the Women's Army Corps, the Navy Women's Corps, the Air Force Women's Corps, and the Women's Corps of the Police. According to official publications, women members of the armed forces were "set to work at places and in functions conform[ing] to their feminine disposition." More specifically, women were assigned to administrative work, to teaching English, and to working on improving health and social conditions of armed forces members and their families. The women police were said to "play an important role in solving problems [of] drug addicts and juvenile delinquents." Data as of November 1992
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