Fast Times in Indramayu
Tuesday, December 10, 2002
It has been one month now that each Friday, Nuraini goes to her office wearing a jilbab (Muslim headscarf). The girl who is not yet 25, needs more time to dress, but she do so voluntarily, dressing as a Muslim woman should.
Whether under pressure or not, thousands of female civil servants in Indramayu Regency have to wear a jilbab every Friday. To be exact, it started when the Indramayu Regent, Yance Irsyam, declared the partial implement
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