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30/8/2011
Media Advocacy for Sexual and Reproductive Rights: A Script Development Workshop, a project by Puan Pandhita, Indonesia

Puan Pandhita’s organizational goal is to build critical consciousness about women’s sexual and reproductive rights to the society through visual media and build this network of consciousness among women.

Project Objectives:

25/8/2011
Boxing programme for lesbian women and publication of Kongkow Lez, projects of Institute Pelangi Perempuan (IPP), Indonesia

IPP focuses on the empowerment of young lesbians (18 – 30 years old) in Indonesia. IPP uses a strategy called EDUFUNTAINMENT (Education, Fun and Entertainment) and the promotion of cool politics.

Website: http://www.pelangiperempuan.or.id

Projects:  

25/8/2011
Study of Sexual Harassment of Female Staff in Government Ministries in Afghanistan in Preparation for a Campaign, a project of Women for Afghan Women, Afghanistan

The objectives of this project were:

  1. To ascertain the nature and extent of sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the Ministries of the GoA by means of a questionnaire to be completed anonymously by a sampling of male and female employees of representative Ministries, and
  2. To develop a workshop to educate staff in Ministries regarding sexual harassment and discrimination of women. 

Main Strategies:

25/8/2011
Positive action to reclaim women rights on Sexuality and follow-up, projects of Semarak Cerlang Nusa, Indonesia

SCN’s organisational  goal is to contribute to the establishment of justice and social justice by implementing human rightswithin the society

SCN implemented 2 projects under WRRC:

1.  Positive action to reclaim women rights on sexuality, through:

Objectives & activities:

25/8/2011
Campaign addressing problems of women and nikah sirri in Indonesia's Muslim community AND sexuality and reproductive rights campaign, projects of The Institute for Women and Children's Studies and Development (LSPPA), Indonesia

LSPPA’s organisational goal is to create a democratic society which values gender equity and diversity in its citizens from an early age. LSPPA works to promote awareness and understanding of values of gender equity in the learning environment of children,  and to influence relevant policies by  introducing  perspectives  of women and child right.

25/8/2011
SWG Evaluation meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, 22-24 March 2011

This Meeting was Part 2 of the Evaluation Process of the SWG.  Part 1 was the answering and compilation of the responses to a questionnaire with evaluative questions for:

25/8/2011
Indonesian Campaign to review the anti-Pornography Law

Since the enactment of Indonesia's pornography law No. 44 in 2008, the women’s activists coalition of South Sulawesi rejected the bill and urged the government to withdraw the law. Their legal effort - a judicial review of this pornography act - was rejected by the constitutional court. 

Outline of why the women's coalition rejected this pornography law:

25/8/2011
SWG Workshop for Asian partners in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov 8-10 2010

The Workshop - one of the activities of the SWG Year 3 Workplan - was for Asian project partners and SWG members. Another Workshop was organized for African project partners and SWG members in December 2011 in Lagos, Nigeria.