Alida Centre to hold seminar on mixed marriage

Alida Centre to hold seminar on mixed marriage

The Alida Centre of Jakarta is organizing a half-day seminar on Mixed Marriage Viewed From the Legal Perspective, at Mutiara I, Hotel Gran Melia, Kuningan, Jakarta on Oct. 22, 2005.

The centre said that the seminar was planned in connection with the proposed citizenship bill requiring expatriate men to deposit some Rp 500 million (about US$50,000) before marrying an Indonesian woman.

Topics to be discussed include: Mixed marriage as seen from the perspective of the House of Representatives special citizenship law team, by Slamet Effendi Yusuf, the head of the House team; Citizenship law and the dignity and rights of mixed marriage couples by Ratna Basaramukti, director of the Legal Aid Institute.

Dr. Gadis Arivia from Jurnal Perempuan will speak on the dignity and rights of mixed marriage couples as seen from philosophical and gender perspectives, while Prof. Dr. Valerine, J.L.K., a Supreme Court judge and a professor from the University of Indonesia, will discuss the future legal status of mixed marriage with regard to Law No. 62/1958 on citizenship and Law No. 1/1974 on marriage".

The seminar will also feature feminist Nuning JP;CD; Hallet, who will talk on her own experience of mixed marriage.

Effendi Gazali, Ph.D. MPS ID, director of Alida Centre will act as moderator.

For registration, please contact: Angelina and Christina Tel. (021) 68068142 or 83780063 ext. 204, Mobile: 0852-16019684