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Mamas’ Dilemmas: Exclusive Breastfeeding Program in Indonesia

Understanding women’s rights is fundamental in the development sector. However, these rights entities have been widely followed by the crisis of universality (Mutua, 2015). The universality of entitlement is not only about Northern versus Southern practices but also forces the idea that women-related concerns are seen as universal for all women, despite being in the […]

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A woman holding a calendar and a clock so show her menstrual cycle. Image by Freepix Attribution Lisence.

Rethinking Menstrual Leave Policy in Indonesia

The menstrual leave policy usually grants unpaid or paid leave to female employees every month during menstruation and has been implemented in a few countries such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Zambia, Indonesia and more recently, Spain as the first country to implement the policy in Europe. Since menstruation can cause physical and emotional discomfort

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Going back to our root through decolonial feminism lens

If you are Asian, African or Latin American, have you asked yourself: what would your country be if it had never been colonised? I reckon some of the answers would be: our country would never be modern, left behind, traditional and even barbarians. However, I really disagree with this. Who says our Indigenous knowledge is

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