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BERDAYA PROGRAM: To reduce child marriage practices by empowering the role of policy makers, community leaders and families

An effort to reduce the practice of child marriage through the revitalization of formal and non-formal institutions, empowerment of community leaders and families in urban areas; Bogor, Cirebon, Makassar and North Jakarta. Rumah KitaB cooperates with Australia Indonesia Partnership for Justice (AIPJ2) held a workshop program introduction and team up for the BERDAYA program at […]

Mom’s motives questioned after bullied boy’s video goes viral

The outpouring support for a Tennessee boy who went viral tearfully talking about bullies is starting to taper off as questions are raised about his mother’s financial motives and racist posts. Kimberly Jones’ heartbreaking footage of her son, Keaton, describing being called “ugly” at his Knoxville-area school quickly garnered attention over the weekend from millions […]

Child Marriage Research

Child Marriage Research Location: Banten, Jawa Barat, Jawa Timur dan Madura, Sulawesi Selatan, NTB, and urban community Duration: 1 tahun Status: Ongoing Description: Researches on the impact of child marriage have been carried out by many other institutions. The impact on reproductive health, domestic violence, and divorce are strongly associated with child marriage. However, there has never been an institution […]

Research on Women’s Economic Provision Post-Divorce

This study examines the economic provision on women post-divorce, especially in the case of contested divorce (cerai gugat). Location: Makassar, South Sulawesi Duration: 6 months Status: Finished Description: This study examines the economic provision on women post-divorce, especially in the case of contested divorce (cerai gugat). Hypothesis from this research is, when a woman files a divorce case, most of the times she does not […]

Siapa Bilang KB Haram? (Who Says KB Haram?)

KB is doubted that it will achieve the goal of welfare. This book maps the discourses that connect family planning, welfare and reproductive health. This book consistently uses ushul fiqh and maqashid al-syari’ah as methodological tools in exploring Islamic law. This argument is so  important that the government consistent in ensuring the fulfillment of women’s […]