Mutis Women’s Handcrafted Products Reach New Horizon

Standing in the corner of her kitchen, Jetriana Tefa slowly raises her mobile phone, searching for an internet signal. Once a connection appears, she quickly uploads photos of her homemade banana and sweet potato chips to social media. She holds the phone perfectly still for several minutes.…

Women of Umbungedo Are Beginning to Be Heard

In Umbungedo Village, Southwest Sumba Regency (Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya), women’s lives had followed an almost unchanged pattern for many years. Women were expected to stay in the kitchen,…

Breaking Barriers Through Inclusive Energy

Big changes often begin in kitchens and village discussion spaces. In Loko Kalada Village, Southwest Sumba, the stigma that women only belong “behind the scenes” is slowly fading. Through the…

Clean Energy Must Work for Everyone

East Nusa Tenggara has strong potential to develop renewable energy. Yet potential alone is not enough. A just energy transition must answer more fundamental questions: who gets access, who…

From the Kitchen to Climate Politics

Climate change is often framed in technical and seemingly neutral terms such as emissions, deforestation, renewable energy, low-carbon transitions, and adaptation infrastructure. Yet in many…
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