Victims of Sexual Violence Need Protection

By: Nurul Sugiati*   As a social worker who works with women and children victims of violence, whether physical, psychological or sexual violence, interacting with victims...

Female Circumcision in the Local Tradition

by: Ala’i Nadjib  Circumcision in the Javanese coastal language, the district of Jepara-Pati-Rembang and surrounding areas, is often referred in term nyelamake. Not knowing the...

Men Need to be involved in Gender Transformation Efforts

Jackie Viemilawati :  Men Need to be involved in Gender Transformation Efforts The second speaker, I Gusti Agung Ayu Jackie Viemilawati, is a Balinese-Javanese woman who...

Exciting Experiences Around Family Planning

Exciting Experiences Around Family Planning  by: Kokom  Komariyah Speaking about KB (Family Planning), I have some exciting, sad, and funny experiences. One day, I delivered a...

Do not Force a Girl to be a Mother . ....

By: Najmatul Millah *) Child marriage or often called early marriage has become an international’s concern and endeavor to eliminate it. According to the data...

Santri and the Challenge of Globalized Information

by: Dina Sri Lutfiana I am a daughter, born as the eldest child with two twin younger brothers. Since sixteen years old, I studied in...

River : A Sociological Arena

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 06: 05 Nurkhayati Aida Talking about river and its surrounding community, my memory drifted on the role of an architect who...

Smart Students Use Technology to Let Them Move On

By: Isthiqonita As an alumna of a pesantren in district of Garut, the writer is quite experienced in students’ daily life. Speaking about pesantren, there...

Building Pesantren and Madrasah with Reproductive Health Literacy

by: Nyai Hj. Mahmudah Achmad Is it taboo to talk about reproductive health and sexuality? For me, its not, also for the santri in Darul...

Fundamentalists Use Women for the Contestation of Piety

OPINION Greg Fealy: Fundamentalists Use Women for the Contestation of Piety Associate Professor Gregory Fealy, BA (Hons), Ph.D. (Monash) or better known as Greg Fealy was on...