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Academia 3 years ago

Helping Asia-Pacific women to overcome climate disasters

Environmental and social safeguards need to be in place within the just energy transition to ensure respect for human rights, especially indigenous rights and those of local communities and environmental human rights defenders.

Lifestyle 3 years ago

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Inclusivity: Indonesian MSMEs strive to empower the disabled

Inclusivity has been a long-discussed issue, but its implementation remains on a minuscule scale. Many MSMEs try to enhance their social impact by making some strides toward inclusivity and they are making it their core business value.

Academia 3 years ago

Gender equality and women’s empowerment today for a sustainable tomorrow

There is an urgent need to build the resilience of women and girls in every society at all levels to combat any crisis and ensure their access to sexual and reproductive health services and information.

Academia 3 years ago

Eleven years of empowering Indonesian women

What is perhaps not well known is that 64.5 percent (around 37 million) of Indonesian MSMEs were owned and led by women in 2018, according to Statistics Indonesia.

Academia 3 years ago

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The ‘other’ workers’ tale: Women home-based workers in Indonesia

Home-based workers are predominantly workers without formal contracts, meaning they endure unstable income, low wages, no insurance and inadequate working conditions.

Science & Tech 4 years ago

Scientists discover brain region that responds to clitoris

The research involved stimulating the clitorises of 20 adult females while their brains were scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

Academia 4 years ago

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Fight against COVID-19 should take gender equality into account

Although the salary gap between women and men is reportedly shrinking, we certainly cannot turn a blind eye to women’s heavier burden of unpaid care and domestic work during the pandemic.

Academia 4 years ago

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G20 presidency: Will W20 mean more gender equality in Indonesia?

A study conducted by the Pew Research Center in Singapore on 34 countries, including Indonesia, revealed that during the pandemic, men are considered more entitled to work than women.