Women Continue Local, Global Struggle for Change
This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “Women continue local, global struggle for change” Just last year there were over 300,000 cases of domestic violence; almost 70 percentoccurred within personal relations, the Commission on Violence Against Women (KomnasPerempuan) reported. These statistics show that little has changed in over a decade despite the fact […]
Bittersweet Life In Jakarta
This article was published in The Jakarta Post, November 5, 2016 In the early morning of 16 September, 2016 I was heading to Terminal 3 atSoekarno Hatta airport in Tangerang: I was “going back to the village” after 25years in Jakarta. I had spent short periods in Sydney and Melbourne as wellas in our neighbour, […]
Indonesian Women Their Choices Destiny
This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “Indonesian women: Their choices, ‘destiny’”. Indonesia has now been independent for 71 years. What has been achieved, especially forwomen? The first thing to note is that there is no discrimination against women in the 1945Constitution, which refers to “all the people of Indonesia”. Since the first […]
Manipulation Kartini Symbol Must End
This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “Manipulation of Kartini symbol must end”. “I have thought a lot about what people say: Live happily! … People don’t want to see thenaked truth. They turn away revolted from reality …. Earlier today, we were so shaken andmoved by an example of the suffering in […]
Censorship in Paradise
There is no doubt that Bali is a beautiful place. Lush green rice terraces, created through the hard work of Balinese farmers, bordered by dense coconut palms and frangipani trees. Along the coast, this is supplemented by wonderful beaches and vast stretches of turquoise seas. Adding to the beauty, lays what Westerners see as a […]
