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Breaking Barriers: mommy track and growth
When my children were little, I made a life-changing decision—to pause my career and be a full-time mom. I wanted to be fully present for their early years, cherishing every…
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The portrayal of women in Indonesian online media: a product of misogyny culture
Mass media has a huge influence on people's opinions and attitudes on various issues, including sharping the gender norms and roles at Indonesian society. We have seen frequently how media…
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Marshall Ganz: Zionism, Antisemitism and Leadership
This story has been published in The Nation, a US based independent media on 1st February 2024. This publication is reshared in Tulisan Puan to inform the Global South community…
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Do Muslim Women Need Saving? By Abu-Lughod, L (2015). Harvard University Press. A book review.
Introduction In the book Do Muslim Women Need Saving?, Lila Abu-Lughod (2015) examines the extravagant language of rescue and liberation used by Western media and human rights activists in portraying…
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Indonesia Mega Projects and The Lack of Public Participation
In September 2023, we often heard in the media about the conflict between the police and the indigenous community in Rempang, Batam, Indonesia. Why does this conflict arise? Community relocation…
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Deconstructing the development from the margins: a personal reflection on self-reliance development
Van der Ploeg and Long (1994) argue that locality has the potential strength to play in the development sector that can contribute to sustainability rather than threaten global development. Even…
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Reksa
Reksa. Kita telanjang lagi. Aku memungut sisa-sisa hari ini tanpa kamu yang menemani pangkal pahaku yang kering. Kita senang mengalir bersama shower ringkih asam berbau besi berkarat. Tapi sekarang aku…
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Being One
The interchangeability of being a woman and having the ability to do it all should be normalised, Why isn’t normalised now? I wonder. Why are people still amazed when one…
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Embracing the Tides of Our Bodies
In this episode, Angie is discussing decolonising menstrual health in Indonesia based on her experience with Simavi, a Dutch NGO who focuses on women's rights to water, sanitation and hygiene,…
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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…