Jakarta, March 6 -- The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has condemned a sexist statement made by House of Representatives member Ahmad Dhani.

Dhani's suggestion to arrange marriages between retired foreign footballers and Indonesian women has been deemed insulting to women as well as derogatory to Indonesia's dignity.

"Ahmad Dhani's statement insults women because it places women as mere child-reproducing machines, sexual servants of husbands," Komnas Perempuan Chairperson Andy Yentriyani said here on Thursday.

According to Yentriyani, Dhani's statement goes against Indonesia's commitment to gender equality and justice, as stipulated in Law Number 7 of 1984 concerning the ratification of the Convention ...