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An Indonesian woman is delivering stacked cardboard on her motorbike to a waste processing facility in Kupang City, Indonesia

Winning the war against waste in Kupang City

Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 02:18 AM

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Ms Sri Yanti is the bookkeeper at the Nefonaek Waste Bank in Kupang City, Indonesia. She believed that if she showed her community that she can sort her waste despite living...

Yasayan Plan International Indonesia Climate resilience & adaptation Private sector participation Indonesia Sustainability Womens empowerment
A group of young students listen to a peer educator talk on menstrual health at a school in Indonesia

Boys as Allies for Menstrual Health in Indonesia

Posted on Monday, May 27, 2024 12:10 PM

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A class group listens to a peer-led presentation on menstrual health. 

(Photo: Yayasan Plan International Indonesia)

Imagine a school environment where menstruation isn't a...

GEDSI WASH Yayasan Plan International Indonesia Women and girls Menstrual health & hygiene Sanitation Plan International Indonesia WASH in schools
Transgender women walk through busy town street in Indonesia

Finding Their Voice: Participatory action research empowers Indonesian Transgender community

Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2024 01:18 PM

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"Even walking down the street feels dangerous for us the waria community of Ruteng," shares the transgender and gender diverse community (known locally as waria) in Ruteng...

GEDSI SGM WASH Edge Effect Climate resilience & adaptation Plan International Indonesia
Members of the Sumbawa Integrated Water Management Forum and Disabilitas Sarea standing knee deep in the sea on Kaung Island holding mangrove seedlings and smiling at the camera.

Planting seeds for sustainable water solutions in Sumbawa

Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 02:23 PM

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Members of  the Integrated Water Management Forum plant mangrove seedling on Kaung Island (Yayasan Plan International Indonesia / Irwansyah)

In Sumbawa, Indonesia, climate...

GEDSI Climate resilience & adaptation Gender equality Water Plan International Water resource management Indonesia
A young school boy in a blue vest stands with other children in orange and black uniforms. They are outside at their school. One child holds a giant blue dice and they all stand on a large mat on the ground which is a big game of snakes and ladders – used to help shifting stigma and taboos around MHH

An ally: A boy not ashamed to promote menstrual hygiene management

Posted on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 02:57 PM

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Wahyu (in blue) is proud to have shared important health information and believes that menstrual hygiene management (MHM) education needs to be carried out from an early age,...

GEDSI Gender equality Menstrual health & hygiene Sanitation Plan International Indonesia

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