The importance of engaging men in the efforts for ending violence against women is obvious but how to engage men in the efforts and what are the appropriate strategies become contested issues due to dilemmas and risks in it. This paper discusses the initiative of engaging men and boys in …

How Far Men Can Go: A Study of Men’s Movement to End Violence Against Women in Indonesia The Presence of men in the movement to end violence against women and achieve gender equality has become a heated issue among activist and scholar worldwide, since on the one hand, it gives …

The sixteen days of activism to eradicate violence against women in Indonesia ended a few weeks ago and there were many activities focussed on raising public awareness of the seriousness of the problem in the lives of Indonesian women and girls. Although the activism had been conducted annually, involved many …

Few months ago the Jakarta Post released a photograph showing some young men in mini skirt stood at Bundaran HI (Hotel Indonesia traffic circle) rising awareness on escalation of rape case in the country (The Jakarta Post, 08/04/2013). There were many public responses following the action. On one side, some …

Once again, the news on a brutal rape case in Tasikmalaya, West Java has been shaking the nation. An eight-year-old girl was sexually abused by her boy friend and experienced serious injury on her reproductive organ. The news also reported that the Manonjaya resident found her around rail way track …

Recently several news papers in Jakarta reported that there were three young boys killed during the classical match of Indonesian Super League between Persija Jakarta and Persib Bandung in Gelora Bung Karno stadium. It is so sad to read the news, in fact seeing the football match was not an …