Aisyiyah

Aisyiyah is an Indonesia, Islamic-based organisation for women. It was formed on 19 Mei 1917 by Kiai Haji Ahmad Dahlan in the city of Yogyakarta .

Aisyiyah is an Islamic non-governmental organization in Indonesia dedicated to female empowerment and charitable work. It was formed on 19 May 1917 by Nyai Ahmad Dahlan to facilitate women's access to education, health care and social services. The organization provides micro-loan and small business development support, family planning services, maternal and pediatric care, orphanages, training for female Muslim clerics, and standard preschool through university level education. These social services end at death, whereby the organization provides female morticians so that female bodies don't need to be prepared for burial by men. Aisyiyah manages several hundred healthcare centers in Indonesia as well as three branches in Egypt , Malaysia and the Netherlands . The organization's stated goal is to make Islamic society a reality for women, and it encourages its members to seek further education even if they become "smarter than their husbands." Aisyiyah faces opposition to their work on two fronts. Traditional Javanese culture with its pre-Islamic practices as well as the minority of Indonesians who study Islam in the Middle East both display negative attitudes toward women in the public space. Aisyiyah at the official MAMPU website. Florian Pohl, The Muhammadiyah . The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice , pgs. 246-247. Champaign : University of Illinois Press , 2010. Pieternella van Doorn-Harder, WOMEN SHAPING ISLAM , pg. 91.

Aisyiyah ( ) is an Islamic non-governmental organization in Indonesia dedicated to female empowerment and charitable work. It was formed on 19 May 1917 by Nyai Ahmad Dahlan to facilitate women's access to education, health care and social services. The organization provides micro-loan and small business development support, family planning services, maternal and pediatric care, orphanages, training for female Muslim clerics, and standard preschool through university level education. These social services end at death, whereby the organization provides female morticians so that female bodies do not need to be prepared for burial by men. Aisyiyah manages several hundred healthcare centers in Indonesia as well as three branches in Egypt , Malaysia and the Netherlands . The organization's stated goal is to make Islamic society a reality for women, and it encourages its members to seek further education even if they become "smarter than their husbands." Aisyiyah faces opposition to their work from two sources: traditional Javanese culture with its pre-Islamic practices and the minority of Indonesians who study Islam in the Middle East both display negative attitudes toward women in the public space. Florian Pohl, The Muhammadiyah . The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice , pgs. 246-247. Champaign : University of Illinois Press , 2010. Pieternella van Doorn-Harder, WOMEN SHAPING ISLAM , pg. 91.