MCH5: Indigenous and Rural Women in Defense of Land, Territories and Women’s Rights
This issue of Making Change Happen offers information, concepts and reflections from women, not just for other activists concerned with the rights…
Is a Woman’s Place only in the Home?
I got married at the height of the Cambodian peace rallies last year. During this time, the women’s groups in the peace rallies formed a volunteer paramedic team and I immediately joined. But, this decision became our first marital argument.
Women Unite Against Ethnic and Gender Discrimination in Myanmar
Women across Myanmar are coming together to campaign against a proposed bill restricting inter-faith marriage. Despite backlash, they have organized more than 160 women’s and human rights groups to sign a joint statement and more recently, with support from JASS and the Nobel Women’s Initiative, are mobilizing global solidarity and visibility.
Leader of Innovative Ecomonic Alternatives For Women Receives Prestigious Award
JASS is proud to announce that Nani Zulminarni, a key member of our network and founding Regional Director of JASS Southeast Asia was presented with The Asia Foundation’s Lotus Leadership Award on June 18, 2014. This award honors Nani's leadership of PEKKA, an extraordinary movement of women headed households organized since 2002.
Celebrating Womanhood
Niken Lestari of Forum Aktivis Perempuan Muda – Indonesia (FAMM-Indonesia) examines the cultural expectations in Indonesia and how she was inspired to appreciate and assert who she is through her childhood friend Dede and her transsexual friend Ajeng.
Transforming Women’s Lives in Myanmar
Julie Lun (Caing Ngaih Lwin), a woman activist from Myanmar, examines violence against women and gender inequality in Myanmar. Julie, who has worked in the humanitarian field, especially for the rights of women and children since 2008, is also one of the regional coordinating group (RCG) representatives of JASS Southeast Asia (JASS SEA).
Putting Women’s Agenda at the Core of Indonesia’s Legislative Elections
Niken Lestari relates the involvement of young Indonesian women of the JASS-inspired Forum Aktivis Perempuan Muda – Indonesia (FAMM-Indonesia) in the recent Indonesian legislative elections.
Trekking the Internet
Niken Lestari of the JASS-inspired Forum Aktivis Perempuan Muda-Indonesia (FAMM-Indonesia or Young Women Activists’ Forum-Indonesia) talks about her own journey on ICT knowledge and awareness on “internet rights”.
Young Activists Push for Change in Cambodia
Even with the government's crackdown on activists' plans to organize on International Women's Day, the young women of JASS-inspired network CYWEN plan to make their voices heard, and help advance the momentum for change that is looming on the horizon in Cambodia.
