Puasa adalah bulan penuh berkah. Lebaran adalah hari kemenangan. Pada saat puasa, kita bahagia melakukan segala kebaikan. Bagi perempuan-perempuan, puasa memberi mereka tambahan kerja rumah tangga. Harus menyiapkan makan buka dan sahur. Bagi perempuan-perempuan, puasa juga bisa berarti tambahan rejeki,…

Menjadi perempuan memang tidak mudah. Berbagai tugas “keperempuan” yang dilekatkan padanya membuat perempuan seolah-olah alamiah dalam mengemban berbagai pekerjaan dan tugas tersebut. Perempuan dituntut harus dapat membagi uang belanja agar cukup, mengurus rumah tangga, mengerjakan seluruh pekerjaan rumah tangga, membesarkan…

What does the public say about the implementation of Qanun Jinayat in Aceh, especially the article on the stoning to death? Some political and religious elites in Aceh think that Qanun Jinayat is an important legal implementation to make Aceh…

How does the public welcome the new Commissioners of Komnas Perempuan for the 2010-2014 terms? What are their expectations towards the new officials, soon to begin working in January 2010? These are the excerpts from the interviews by Nunung Qomariyah…

Did you know that 25 November is the International Day against Violence on Women? The date was selected to honor the death of the Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa) on the same day in 1960, as victims of…

The stories around the public facilities, women and the rules in Indonesia should be paid special attention. The public facilities are not friendly to women, “homo homini lupus,” inhuman, even do not reflect the faith in God such as stated…

The multitude of cases suffered by the Indonesian migrant workers, especially those who work as domestic workers, makes us seething with sorrow. The latest case of torture and violence, compounded with a violation against the contractual rights of remuneration, was…

This is a story of women. Their love stories, amongst others. Not only those, though. It’s also about power, power taken away from them. The story about women and power. They are one and the same, yet separated by a…

It’s not easy being women. Various “womanly” tasks are attributed to them, making it “natural” for them to bear such burdens. Women are tasked with making a budget out of meager wages of their husband, and raising the children. Such…

Technology and women seems to be two incompatible things for eons. Both sides had been forced to drift apart. For the world of technology seldom sees the faces of women, it becomes a world controlled by men, to serve men’s…