On Friday, 19th February 2016, Rifka Annisa visited the meeting of the PKK community in Yogyakarta. About fifty women attended the meeting and listened to the presentation of Rifka Annisa staff which was discussed afterwards. After singing the hymn the district leader addressed an assembly. The forum started and was followed by some speeches of the PKK members. After several talks, the presentation of Rifka Annisa took place. Primarily there was shown an emotional video concerning violence against women. Topics like economic discrimination, shown in cases in which women earn less money than men and domestic violence by a woman’s…

Wednesday, March 8, 2016, Rifka Annisa along with the network organized a protest in Wonosari, Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta. The protest highlighted a theme on 'Silence Is Not A Solution, Addressing the High Score Pregnancy and Sexual Violence against Children in Gunungkidul'.As this day was the International Women’s Day and in order to attract attention to cases of teenage pregnancy and sexual violence against children in Gunungkidul the action was conducted by various organizations and joined by the community. In the district of Gunungkidul the number of cases of teenage pregnancy and sexual violence against adolescents and children increases. There is also…

On Friday the 21st of August, Rifka Annisa participated in a Fair Day for Non-Governmental Organisations all around Jogja, hosted by the Australian Consortium for In-Country Indonesian Studies (ACICIS). This Fair Day happens every semester, and it’s a great opportunity to meet international students studying in Jogja who might want to volunteer or complete internships with Rifka Annisa. At the Fair Day, we met quite a few international students interested in working with Rifka Annisa. Melissa McHugh is a development studies student from Perth, on exchange in Indonesia for one semester. She was very interested in learning about Rifka Annisa’s…