This is the ASEAN country that best guarantees gender equality between husband and wife.

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Adi Ahdiat 08/03/2023 12:12 WIB

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Laos, Singapore, and Vietnam are ASEAN member states that best guarantee gender equality in marriage law.

ASEAN Countries' Index of Capacity to Guarantee Gender Equality in Marriage Law (2023)

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ASEAN Countries' Index of Capacity to Guarantee Gender Equality in Marriage Law (2023)

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Laos, Singapore, and Vietnam are the ASEAN member countries that best guarantee gender equality in marriage law. This is evident from the *Women, Business, and the Law 2023* report released by the World Bank on Thursday, March 2, 2023.

According to the World Bank, countries need to guarantee equality in husband-wife relationships through laws that meet the following criteria:

* Eliminating laws requiring wives to be subservient to their husbands.
* Having specific laws on domestic violence.
* Allowing wives to be the head of the household.
* Equalizing divorce procedures for men and women.
* Equalizing remarriage rights for divorced men and women.

The World Bank then assigns a score of 0-100 to each country. A score of "0" indicates a complete lack of gender equality in marriage law, while a score of "100" means the country has fully guaranteed equality based on the above criteria.

In 2023, Laos, Singapore, and Vietnam received a score of 100. Other ASEAN countries received lower scores, indicating that certain equality criteria have not yet been met.

Indonesia received a score of only 40, placing it among the lowest in ASEAN, on par with Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam.

Indonesia's low score is due to the lack of a law allowing women to be the head of the household.

The current relevant law is Article 31 Paragraph (3) of Law Number 1 of 1974 concerning Marriage, which states: "The husband is the head of the family and the wife is the housewife."

Indonesia also received a low score because its laws do not yet equalize divorce procedures or remarriage rights for divorced men and women.

The difference in divorce procedures for men and women is explained by the Judge of the Semarang Class I-A Religious Court, Drs. H. Asmu'i, in the article *Divorce: Between Hope and Reality*, published on the official website of the Supreme Court's Religious Court Agency (August 26, 2022).

"The divorce ruling in a *cerai talak* (initiated by the husband) takes effect from the moment the husband pronounces the divorce in court. In a *cerai gugat* (initiated by the wife), the divorce ruling takes effect only after it becomes legally binding," said Drs. H. Asmu'i.

Furthermore, according to Government Regulation (PP) Number 9 of 1975, if a widow wishes to remarry, she must wait at least 90 days from the court's divorce ruling. There is no such regulation for widowers.

Editor : Adi Ahdiat

"Disclosure: This is an AI-generated translation of the original article. We strive for accuracy, but please note that automated translations may contain errors or slight inconsistencies."

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