Forest and land fire that repeatedly destroyed million hectares of peatland in Indonesia is a result of unsustainable peatland governance for many years. Rural women and men living in peatland have different experiences with forest and land fire. Intersectionality between gender and class, geographical location, and ethnicity further add nuances to these different experiences. This ar…
Rural women have the potential to mobilize herself and her community towards a sovereign and just rural community. However, rural women frequently face form of discrimination that impede them to achieve their maximum potential. In the midst of forest and land degradation, those gender-based discrimination also prevent women from participating in land and forest governance that is vital for the …
The situation of agrarian injustice in the rural area carries multiple layers of burden on women. Such situation could be addressesd with the agrarian reform's agenda. This is the reason why the society welcome the announcement of agrarian reform agenda as Joko Widodo administration's priority program. After being in power for four years, finally the government had issued the Presidential Regul…
This paper uses a difference-in-difference model to study the impact of venture capital (VC) participation on board characteristics. Our sample includes companies listed on the growth enterprise market (GEM) on China's Shenzhen stock exchange over the period 2009 to 2014. Our measure of board characteristics is chief executive officer (CEO) duality, the scale of the board of directors, and the …
In recent years, mothers in Taiwan have enthused about Isu Mer's Giving Birth to a Child: The Magical Cure for My Over-Sentimental Personality. The author describes trenchantly how motherhood transformed her from a tender- hearted young culture vulture into a woman whose daily life requires her to take the bull by the horns. Labay Eyong knows this transformative experience all too well. A sensi…
In their communications with the public, government agencies are turning away from old habits of issuing haughty pronouncements couched in stuffy officialese. Instead, they are employing social media editors who are full of whacky ideas and are a match for every concelho able challenge. These editors expose fake news and interpret policies for the general public by making connections with every…
Tidak banyak perbedaan antara tempat tinggal pakar nol sampah dengan rumah orang biasa, tapi ruangan rumah kelihatan lebih nyaman dan rapi, bercitra kehidupan yang indah dalam konsep hidup yang penuh percaya diri.
Bagi orang awam, tiang rumah tua, papan kayu cuci baju yang terbuang, sisa-sisa bahan dari pabrik adalah limbah, tapi di mata seniman Made Sukariawan adalah ratna benda-benda berharga. Melalui pisau pahatnya, Made menyulap limbah- limbah tersebut menjadi kreasi seni indah seperti patung bidadari, Ganesha dan lainnya. Guratan alur kayu menjadi keriput lipatan kulit belalai gajah, kulit kayu yang…
Tahun 2016, media The Wall Street Journal memuji Taiwan dengan julukan "Si genius pendaur ulang sampah", pada tahun yang sama kabinet pemerintahan yang baru terpilih mengumumkan bahwa Taiwan memasuki era "Ekonomi Sirkuler" sebagai bagian dari “Program industri kreatif 5+2". Dalam waktu singkat, frasa "Ekonomi Sirkuler" ini menjadi kata kunci, walau mayoritas masyarakat mudah keliru dan menyam…