PHOTO GALLERY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2018

International Womens Day 2018

Rumah KitaB is the Secretariat of Jaringan AKSI which is one of the event organizer. In this case Rumah KitaB organized several members of the network to jointly succeed the event IWD 2018.

This is a cooperation between AKSI Network, Unicef, Dutch embassy and Girls not Bride.

 

 

PHOTO GALLERY International Day of The Girl 2017

Jaringan AKSI Remaja Perempuan Indonesia whose secretariat is led by Rumah KitaB in collaboration with Plan International organizes International Day of The Girl 2017 starting from planning, selection of participants from all over Indonesia, completing the 5-day leadership camp and holding discussions with Sinta Nuriyah. This is some organizing work organized by Rumah KitaB in organizing some institutions to participate as members of the network.

 

PHOTO GALLERY OF CHARACTER EDUCATION TRAINING BASED ON PESANTREN TRADITION IN PESANTREN DARUS SUNNAH, CIPUTAT

 

 

 

PHOTO GALLERY OF WORKSHOP AND TRAINING CHARACTER EDUCATION BASED ON PESANTREN TRADITION IN PESANTREN CIPASUNG, TASIKMALAYA

Registration of Teacher Training Participants at Pondok Pesantren Cipasung

Opening of the Event by the Leadership Representative of Pondok Pesantren Cipasung

Mrs. Nyai Hj. Ida Nurhalida Caretaker Ponpes Cipasung, head of MAN Cipasung who is the daughter of Kyai Ilyas Ruhiat convey the introduction of exemplary character of kyai Ilyas Ruhiat.

Rumah KitaB’s facilitator provides materials on character education

Discussion is one way to get participants more active in the training

Ice breaking for teacher participants is also required for participants to relax

Discussion of groups in understanding the values of pesantren-based characters

Group discussions in understanding the values of pesantren-based accompanied by RK facilitator team

Presentation of group discussion results

The liveliness of the participants in the training is getting more enthusiastic

Day 2 of character education training with santri Cipasung boarding school

The santri are seriously reading character education books

Introduction of santri participants is packed more fun by the team of home study facilitators

Active santri participant in this discussion is our way of digging more life information and training

Active santri participant in this discussion is our way of digging more life information and training

Group Discussion for deepening and understanding of values

Participants are encouraged to present in the form of role play

After the role play the team explains the core of the role play that contains the character values discussed

Other participants respond and / or provide input to other group presentations so participants can share and understand more and more

Photos together with students

 

Photo of Youth Training BERDAYA in Cilincing, North Jakarta, Jul 2018

Registration of participants

Registration of participants

30 participants  who came from the region Kalibaru, Cilincing

Yooke from Rumah KitaB opened training activities.

Speech from the representative of the local government

Hilmi from Rumah KitaB

Speech from Sarah and Georgia of AIPJ2

The event starts with an introduction

Introduction is done with games then gather in one group

Participants get acquainted with each other

Participants get acquainted with each other

Fill in the questionnaire to find out how deep the participant’s knowledge about the child marriage material

Photos with participants, assistants, facilitators and representatives from AIPJ2

Games explain pictures

Games explain pictures

Yooke explains the marriage age limit

Games solve the problem together

Presentation of discussion results

Photos with the facilitator

Group discussion

Presentation of discussion results

Yooke explains the material on gender

Spider webs games

Presentation of discussion results

Photo Gallery of Youth Training BERDAYA in Cirebon, Jun 2018

Photo session with participants and invited guests from local government as a commitment to prevent child marriage in Cirebon

Introductory games have always been the most exciting thing when training with teenagers and this is the key to a fun mood in training the next day

Participants become more familiar after the introduction

Active discussion  in determining actors that encourage child marriage

This discussion model enables participants to be more active and broadcast their aspirations broadly

Presentation in group

The enthusiasm of the teenagers during the presentation facilitated their understanding of the material being discussed

In addition to presentations and discussion materials, participants are also creative in presenting the presentation material and this allows them to express their creativity

Discussion of Surah Luqman 11 about the process of reproduction. Group are divided according to gender.

Discussion of Surah Luqman 11 about the process of reproduction. Group are divided according to gender.

The women’s discussion group attached the results of this discussion

Activities are processed by Rumah KitaB Facilitators for material outreach

Participants are invited to actively ask their understanding to deepen

The excitement of gender matter and sexuality in a way that is easily understood by the participants

The enthusiasm of participants in gender discussions and sexuality

Participants discuss the meaning of gender and sexuality based on the results of the joint discussion process

Participants are active in the discussion

A web spider game for girls’ vulnerability to make it easier for participants to understand

Participants are always enthusiastic about their presentation and creativity

Participants are always enthusiastic in the presentation and their creativity is growing and there are always new participants who dare to speak in front

Review process using problem trees and solutions to help structure the participants’ thoughts on child marriage solutions and problems

Review process using problem trees and solutions to help structure the participants’ thoughts on child marriage solutions and problems

Games material negotiation as an opening material deepening

Roleplay technical communication and negotiation in the prevention of child marriage

Participants in Cirebon become ambassadors for child marriage prevention in Cirebon

 

 

Photo Gallery of Youth Training BERDAYA in Makassar, Jun 2018

The Director of Rumah KitaB, Mrs. Lies Marcoes is conducting program introduction to the trainee’s youth

Group discussions are activities that encourage participants to communicate and express opinions

Fun introductory activity is one of the strategies to make introductions more fun

Train leadership not only through discussion, but by leading prayers can be done

Watching movies is one of the good methods used when training with teenagers

The method of delivering sexual and gender material is delivered as interesting as possible, so participants understand it

The role play method is one of the best methods for the delivery of materials related to the processing of communication skills

Participatory in training activities encourages participants to be more active and involved in all activities

Training youth about how they can express their expression

Presentation after discussion is one of the efforts to give space to the participants to convey the results of the discussion within the group

The discussion process is processed by the facilitator to provide a deep understanding

The process of active participation of participants becomes the key to the success of material understanding

Variety of games can be attributed to the material and this is the best way to do with teenagers

Review is done in the fun way with some visuals and structures so that ease the participant to understand

The atmosphere of training is getting relaxed and participants are getting to know each other

Poverty Rate Drops to Single Digit, Inequality Declines

Jakarta. Indonesia’s poverty rate declined to a single digit  in March — for the first time in the country’s history — thanks to the government’s social assistance programs, the Central Statistics Agency, or BPS, reveled on Monday (16/07).

A decline in poverty has been recorded for two decades, since the 1997 monetary crisis, when the poverty rate reached 23.43 percent.

BPS data shows that 25.95 million people, or 9.82 percent of the population, live below the poverty line of less than Rp 401,220 ($29) a month — the minimum amount allowing a diet of 2,100 calories a day.

Last year, 27.72 million people (10.64 percent of the population) were under the poverty line.

“In March 2018, for the first time Indonesia achieved a single digit poverty rate … It is due to an increase in the rice distribution program [Rastra] and non-cash food assistance in the first quarter of 2018, which is right on schedule,” BPS head Suhariyanto told reporters.

According to him, the implementation of the program was nearly 100 percent, with 99.65 percent in January, 99.66 percent in February and 99.62 percent in March.

The government’s social assistance, which was 87.6 percent higher in the first quarter of 2018 than in last year’s first quarter, also played a big role in reducing poverty. In the first quarter of 2017, social assistance grew only 3.39 percent.

Under its non-cash food assistance program, the Ministry of Social Affairs wants to distribute rice to 5.2 million families by the end of July. Out of 15.5 million families in need of food aid, 4.2 million have already received it.

The government this year increased the ministry’s aid budget to Rp 34 trillion, from only Rp 17.3 trillion last year.

Indonesia’s poor live mostly in the countryside — 15.81 million people — especially in Java (13.34 million people).

The highest poverty rate, however, is recorded in eastern Indonesia, particularly in Maluku and Papua (21.20 percent), followed by Bali and Nusa Tenggara (14.02 percent), Sulawesi (10.64 percent) and Sumatra (10.39 percent).

Infrastructure development in the region is expected to help reduce poverty, Suhariyanto said.

Inequality Also Declines

BPS data shows that the level of income inequality in Indonesia, measured by the Gini coefficient, fell slightly to 0.389 in March from 0.393 in the same period last year.

In urban areas the coefficient decreased to 0.401 from 0.404, while in rural areas it rose to 0.324 from 0.320.

The most equal income distribution is recorded in Bangka Belitung, North Kalimantan and North Sumatra, the least equal in Yogyakarta, Southeast Sulawesi and West Java.

According to the government’s medium-term development plan, the poverty rate next year is expected to decrease to between 7 percent and to 8 percent, while the Gini coefficient to 0.36.

Source: http://jakartaglobe.id/business/poverty-rate-drops-single-digit-inequality-declines/

Book Launching and the International Seminar on the Reformation of Family Law in Moslem Countries

Rumah Kita Bersama (Rumah KitaB), in collaboration with LIPI and with support from the OSLO Coalition Norwegia, proudly presents an International Seminar to welcome the launching of the new book entitled REFORMATION OF THE ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW: A Struggle for Upholding Gender Justice in Moslem Countries.” The original version of the book is written in English, while the translation into Indonesian is done by LKiS Yogyakarta. The book presents the result of several studies undertaken in various moslem-majority countries, one of them is Indonesia, which took an in-depth look into their struggle in reforming the family law. This event will be held in Gedung Widya Graha LIPI, 6th Floor, Room 6.07, Jakarta, on Wednesday, 11  July 2018, 09.00 – 13.00 WIB.

 

The international seminar will present experts on the family law and gender from the international fora. They are: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Khalid Masud from Pakistan; Dr. Aicha El-Hajjami from Marroco; and Dr. Lena Larsen from Norwegia. From the national stage, the event will invite Prof. Dr Nina Nurmila from UIN Bandung; Dr. Faqihuddin A. Kodir from Fahmina Institute; Kyai Ulil Abshar Abdalla, MA; and Lies Marcoes, MA. The moderator of the seminar will be assumed by Dr. Widjajanti M. Santoso (a researcher on gender from P2KK LIPI).

 

“Moslem-majority countries have a strong interest in reforming family law because that’s where the justice for women begins”. Ziba Mir Hosseini, the editor and the leader of the family law reform research project explains. “This is because the family law is where the rights of the (moslem) women in the domestic space are determined, and thus it will further shape and influence their social and political roles in the public sphere”.

 

Lies Marcoes, Director of Rumah Kita Bersama, asserts that gender analysis tool will be very critical in determining whether or not the rights for justice for women have been fulfilled in the current context where the social relationships that are not always equal. Further according to Lies, “More democratic countries have a key trait of harboring and demonstrating more equal relationships between men and women in the family. However, it is a long, hard road to get to that point given the fact that the relations occurring in the family are largely perceived as part of the worshiping regime itself, which makes people become very resistant to the idea of changing it. On this basis, a reform in the family law is imperative in ensuring justice for women.

 

Dr. Lena Larsen from the OSLO Coalition affirms that, “What happens with the family law reform in Indonesia brings up hope and solidify good practices that also occur in other (Islamic) countries. It can also be a model for those countries. This success owes to the fact that not only Indonesia is a country that successfully harmonizes the law between Western law, Islamic law and customary law into a national law, but also because Indonesia is a leading country that has successfully developed gender analysis and translated it into a series of formal laws. PERMA no 3/2017 on the need for gender sensitivity in the legal and court process is one of the key examples. Dr. Larsen also appreciates the fatwa issued by the Indonesian Women’s Ulama Congress (KUPI), which calls on the state’s obligation to prevent child marriage, eliminate any forms of violence against women, and prevent environmental damage which exacerbates the two earlier issues.”

 

During the seminar the participants will be facilitated to look at more depth into the reform initiatives undertaken in various moslem-majority countries. The efforts usually takes two major forms: the adoption of international convention and the interpretation of the Islamic texts serving as the source of the family law in concern. The learning from other countries in how they try to change the family law is highly relevant to Indonesia’s interest because the Islamic family law has served as the main source of many national laws of the country and that Indonesia has been struggling on this arena since post-reform era in the early 2000s in the bigger goal to fulfill the rights of justice for its citizen indiscriminately.

 

The book in concern comprises of 12 chapters and written by Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Kari Vogt, Lena Larsen and Christian Moe. In the Indonesian version, the book presents annotation from Dr. Nina Nurmila. In the book we will find critical references written by Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Mukki Al-Sharmani, Marwa Sharafeldin, Aicha el Hajjami, Zainah Anwar, Muhammad Khalid Masud, Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, Faqihuddin Abdul Kodir, Hassan Yousefi Eshkewari, Mohsen Kadivar, and Anver M. Emon. From Indonesia, there are essays written by Dr. Faqihuddin Abdul Kodir from Fahmina entitled “Gender Equality and Muhammad’s Hadits in the re-interpretation of the Mahram and Qiwama concepts”.

 

The book is a result of a knowledge project from the University of Oslo in that took form in a research. The findings and analysis of the research was later compiled and written as a book entitled “Reformation of the Islamic Family Law: A Struggle for Upholding Gender Justice in Moslem Countries. The Indonesian version of the book is done by LKiS Yogyakarta and is published in 2017.

28-29 JUL 2018: Workshop Program BERPIHAK