Focus and Scope

Focus
The Indonesian Journal of Gender Justice and Family Law (InGeFaL) advances cutting-edge scholarship on gender justice in family law by situating Indonesia within a broader global, comparative, and transnational legal landscape. The journal foregrounds the dynamic interplay between Indonesian legal frameworks, characterised by legal pluralism (state, customary, and religious law), and transnational norms shaped by global governance institutions such as the United Nations and international human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. It prioritises theoretically rigorous and empirically grounded analyses that examine how global principles of gender equality are translated, negotiated, adapted, or resisted within Indonesian and comparative socio-legal contexts. Particular emphasis is placed on cross-jurisdictional issues such as marriage and divorce regimes, migration and transnational families, gender-based violence, the protection of women and children, and the transformation of family law under conditions of digitalisation and globalisation. Through this lens, the journal seeks to position Indonesia as both a site of critical inquiry and a contributor to global debates on gender justice in family law.

Scope
The Indonesian Journal of Gender Justice and Family Law (InGeFaL) welcomes interdisciplinary and internationally oriented research that engages with family law through comparative and transnational approaches, with Indonesia as a key analytical anchor within wider global discussions. The journal’s scope encompasses, but is not limited to, comparative analyses of family law systems across jurisdictions, human rights-based legal reform, the implications of legal pluralism for gender equality, family law in the context of migration, diaspora, and cross-border marriages, the protection of women and children, intra-household economic justice, and the impact of digital technologies on legal practices and access to justice. Contributions employing diverse and methodologically robust approaches, such as comparative legal analysis, socio-legal research, transnational case studies, and mixed-methods designs, are strongly encouraged. Submissions should demonstrate clear scholarly originality, a well-defined transnational dimension, and meaningful contributions to both global academic discourse and policy development, particularly in bridging Indonesian experiences with broader international legal transformations.