Immediate humanitarian concerns about the risk of death and disease may have been partly addressed by Indonesia and Malaysia’s agreement, under international pressure, to provide temporary shelter to an estimated 7,000 mainly Rohingyas, who have fled inter-communal tensions and state-sanctioned discrimination against the ethnic Muslim minority in Myanmar. Thailand, engaged in a clampdown on human smuggling networks, […]
Pertama kali tahu sosok beliaunya ketika mencari referensi terkait peran Perawat Puskesmas dalam Perkesmas. Very surprised! ternyata ada ‘peneliti luar negeri’ yang pernah meneliti isu serupa di tahun 1990-an. Peneliti, penulis, konsultan, direktur serta akademisi ini mengupas tuntas bagaimana peran dan tugas Perawat Puskesmas di pedesaan Indonesia. Walaupun ditulis beberapa tahun lalu, namunisu ini masih […]
Bảo tàng Dân tộc học Việt Nam hiện đang giới thiệu đến công chúng một loại hình nghệ thuật đặc sắc của người Indonesia – Bộ sưu tập tranh kính do gia đình ông O’ong Maryono và bà Rosalia Sciortino hiến tặng. Tranh kính Indonesia lấy cảm hứng từ nhiều chủ đề trong cuộc sống […]
Intisari-Online.com – Kepergian Menkes Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih untuk selama-lamanya pada hari Rabu (2/5), pukul 11.41 di RS Cipto Mangunkusumo, Jakarta, menyentakkan kita. Sejak diagnosis ditegakkan Oktober 2010, berita itu tak butuh waktu lama untuk bocor ke telinga pers. Masyarakat yang membaca atau mendengarnya, tidak berani berkomentar, kecuali menghela napas panjang sambil mengelus dada. Sementara waktu […]
JAKARTA, 20 January 2012 – A ceremony to launch the 35th Anniversary of ASEAN-Canada Dialogue Partnership was held today at the ASEAN Secretariat. Themed “35 Years of Partnership and Friendship”, the anniversary year will include collaboration in social-cultural, academic, and commercial areas. H.E. Mr. Mackenzie Clugston, Ambassador of Canada to ASEAN emphasized that “Canada and […]
A major new report on international migration in Thailand commissioned by the UN Thematic Working Group on Migration and published by IOM was launched in Bangkok today. The report, which follows an earlier work published by IOM in 2005, was compiled by Dr Rosalia Sciortino and Dr Sureeporn Punpuing of Mahidol University’s Institute for Population […]
Let’s talk about sex. About the human reproductive system. About pregnancy, contraception. About reproductive health, about abortion. One forgets the last time mention was made about these issues, much less open discussion about the female form. Enter ‘Who Owns Women’s Bodies’ (WOWB): a provocatively-named travelling arts exhibition designed to inspire discussion about topics considered taboo, […]