Sheany
Bio:
Sheany is a Chinese-Indonesian journalist and editor based in Jakarta who is chronically online and deeply interested in popular culture and discussions of the zeitgeist.
The effects of a series of earthquakes measuring a 6.3 magnitude that hit Afghanistan in early October have been devastating.
Earlier this month, a survey conducted by the BBC revealed that the cheapest sanitary pads were still beyond the reach of many African women and girls.
In 2021, when a mining company began setting up camp in the iron-sand-rich Indonesian coastal village of Pasar Seluma with plans to start operations, the local women agreed that they’d be leading the protests this time around.
The village where Nunung, 48, lives has been her home ever since she was a baby. But much has changed since she was a little girl, including the dangerous shrinking of the nearby beach, which has been subsumed by the Indian Ocean by as much as 33 yards since 2011 — threatening the adjacent homes.
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have banned female students from universities in the latest edict cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms, sparking widespread despair and protest in the country.
Malaysian lawmakers passed the country’s first-ever bill criminalizing stalking in early October.
Iranians have been protesting the death of the 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini for over three weeks, despite facing internet shutdowns and violent repression.
About 75% of Muslim women in Indonesia today wear the hijab, up from only 5% in the late 1990s, according to HRW.
Malaysia witnessed significant progress in its fight against sexual harassment in July.
Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), Indonesia’s state-owned railway company, announced on June 21 that it will now blacklist sexual harassers from using its services
Afghan-born Meena Asadi has had to upend her life several times to survive.
The HPV vaccine will be added to the list of routine free immunizations given to girls in secondary school.
Indonesia’s fight against sexual violence welcomed a long-waited new chapter this week when its Parliament passed a landmark bill aimed at providing legal framework for victims to seek justice.
On April 27, thousands of people gathered in central Jakarta for the 2019 Women's March, parading in solidarity to support women's right in the archipelago and across the globe.
