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For six weeks between April and May 2025, I had the opportunity to participate in the Australia Awards Fellowship program titled “Women’s Economic Empowerment for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Indonesia.” The program was funded by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and facilitated by Flinders University. This Fellowship was more than just
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Women Research Institute Speaks in the 3rd International Agrobiodiversity Congress Written by Sita Aripurnami Background: In the context of the ongoing global food crisis, malnutrition, and environmental degradation, there is an urgent need to build more diverse, resilient, and sustainable food systems to nourish a growing population. However, the current global food system is overly
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The development of the feminist movement is grounded on the idea that women are subjected to oppression. Women undergo similar experiences within the patriarchal system as victims of patriarchy. Thus all women are sisters and sisterhood is the first form of the feminist movement. Oppression is experienced as we are all victims of patriarchy which
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Until today, there are only around 18% of women Parliamentarians across the world. Meanwhile, one of the important objectives of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is the representation of women in parliaments. The target of women’s representation in parliaments becomes greatly urgent when women become the subjects with authority in policy making – not
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