Giving Acehnese Women a Voice

Banda Aceh has set up a special forum for women to give them a place in development planning. That the mayor is a female has helped counter male opposition to the program.

No one in the Acehnese village of Lamjame charges more for sewing than Rohani. The 48-year-old woman has raised her maximum fee from Rp150,000 to Rp250,000. She reasons that the quality of her work has improved. "Now I can make embroidery, curtain