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Women’s March Jakarta (WMJ) is one of Indonesia’s largest feminist mobilizations. The 2025 Manifesto calls for ecological justice, bodily autonomy, and inclusive democracy. Download the manifesto in Bahasa Indonesia and English.

Every year, thousands gather in the streets of Jakarta to join Women’s March Jakarta (WMJ)—a people’s movement that unites women, queer communities, workers, students, indigenous peoples, and human rights defenders. Since its first march in 2017, WMJ has grown into one of the largest feminist mobilizations in Indonesia, amplifying demands for gender equality, bodily autonomy, and social justice.

This year, on 28 September 2025, WMJ carried the theme “Tubuh Bukan Milik Negara” (The Body Does Not Belong to the State). The theme underscores the rejection of state and institutional control over women’s bodies, queer bodies, and marginalized communities. It is both a cry of resistance and a vision of justice, affirming that sovereignty must lie in the hands of the people, not patriarchal power.

The WMJ 2025 Manifesto addresses urgent issues—ecological destruction, economic injustice, gender-based violence, discriminatory laws, authoritarianism, and the silencing of dissent. It calls for structural changes to ensure a future where sovereignty lies in the hands of the people and bodily autonomy is respected.

As the manifesto reminds us: “I am not free, while any woman is unfree.”

We invite you to read and share the WMJ 2025 Manifesto, available in both Bahasa Indonesia and English, as a collective roadmap toward feminist justice.

 

Download Manifesto (Bahasa Indonesia)

Download Manifesto (English Translation)