APIK – The Association of Indonesian Women For Justice
APIK gives legal aid to women who are victims of violence and discrimination, and to Indonesian migrant workers overseas. They also work on human rights and women’s rights issues.
APIK has established strong relations with local police through training, education and a women’s crisis centre at the Police Hospital in Mataram, on Lombok.
Campaigning and advocacy is increasingly becoming the key area of APIK’s work. APIK’s campaigning for women’s rights aims to address such practices as polygamy, abandonment of wives and children, the lack of joint heritage for women, and physical violence against women.