The rise and fall of Indonesia’s women’s movement
Girls are made of sugar and spice, and everything nice. Boys are made of snips and snails, and puppy-dog tails. The famous lines — made popular through an old nursery rhyme — might sound nothing but funny to us. But if we look beyond those amusing words, we will soon realize they are ridden with […]
Celebrating Women’s “Herstory”
April Festival: Celebrating women’s `herstory’ The image of the famous heroine Kartini might evoke nothing other than a graceful aristocrat Javanese lady wearing a kebaya – a traditional long-sleeved Javanese blouse – and a sanggul (elaborate chignon). That is why today, every time we celebrate Kartini Day on April 21, we’ll see parades of little […]
Thought of the day-Raising Women’s Voices
Raising Women’s Voices From Kartini to the Youth of today… “The young woman contemplated and fought for a struggle no less arduous than the battle against the occupiers, which is the fight to unshackle women from the subjugation of their own people.” Who is Kartini? Women such as Tjut Nyak Dhien, Christina Martha Tiahahu and […]
We are against poligamy !
July 25, 2003, marked a setback in the Indonesian women’s movement. On that date an Indonesian businessman, Puspo Wardoyo, the owner of the restoran Wong Solo franchise, organized an awards ceremony for males who had married more than one wife. More than 30 women’s organizations as well as individuals from Jakarta protested this event. Among […]
A slap to the face: the struggles of Indonesian women ( from an anthology doc film AT STAKE)
My eyeballs almost fall out from their sockets after two hours of choking on such deep feelings. My sentiments had been subjected to strong emotions of gundah, sadness and anger. Churned up. That was how I felt as a new film by five young Indonesian directors came to an end: the film was AT STAKE. […]
