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“Lives on the frontline: Reaching women migrant workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic”
Social Worker, Karmila Jusup from Bandung, Indonesia shares her experiences in assisting migrant workers and victims of gender-based violence during the pandemic. Her story is part of the 16 days campaign of UN Women Asia and the Pacific. Karmila shared her story at...
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Thursdays in Black, Cameroon
Information sent by Angeline Njotu "Women and men of Santa of the North West Region of Cameroon posed for "Thursdays in Black" campaign in solidarity with victims of rape and gender-based violence. Picture was taken November 26th, 2020" Promotion of Gender Justice...
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Gender-Based Violence in Asia
Asia Synod Report, 2020 by Obertina Johanis In Asia, women still face gender-based violence, as well as structural barriers. This violence is experienced by women all over Asia. In Indonesia, there were 431,471 cases of violence against women in 2019, an increase of...
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Our voices 2020 ”Women’s strength in times of crisis”
Original text in Our Voices 2020/2021 . Download here We started looking for material long before the headlines about Corona and Black Lives Matter flooded our news. And this issue has become an extensive one: All our liaison women report from their countries about...
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I walk with… greetings from Ebed Grijalva
Being part of the campaign has been a privilege for me, and an opportunity to be able to get much more involved in the topic of gender justice. From my space at work, in the church, other networks, and institutions I have motivated others to actively participate in...
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Alfalit Peru launches the campaign #Igniting hope
Alaflit, Peru Information sent by Aurora Luna, Executive Director, Alfalit-Peru "Igniting hope" is a fundraising campaign that will benefit 100 women and their families living in poverty and extreme poverty in five high Andean communities in Puno. They are...
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A sharing about the current situation in Malaysia
#SymbolOfHope In Malaysia, Movement Control Order has been carried out since March 18 until April 14. But it can be even longer due to the worsening current situation. Therefore, all mobilised activities were put to halt and citizens were strictly commanded to work...
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Our daily life in Cameroon. #SymbolOfHope
Photo: Njotu Angeline #SymbolOfHope Dear Participants of the Advocacy Workshop, We are grateful that despite the corona virus pandemic plaguing the entire universe which could not stop us from celebrating Easter though in a low key, we are up once more strong to...
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Asian Ecumenical Women’s Assembly 2019
The Women and Gender Desk funded partly the participation of Obertina Johanis, Pastor at Gereja Kristen Pasudan (West Java) at AEWA (Asia Ecumenical Women Assembly) in Taiwan from 21-27 November 2019. Obertina also took part in a three-day Workshop on “Asian...
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Ruth Ketsia Wangkai took the Public Test to become a Commissioner of the National Commission on Violence against Women of the Republic of Indonesia for the period 2020-2024
Photo: Ratnawati Lesagenwen On October 16, 2019, Ruth Ketsia Wangkai, Chair of the National Management Board of PERUATI (Theological women's association in Indonesia) participated in the second stage of selection, called the Public Test. This stage is intended to find...
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