priscillaxmn (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} priscillaxmn) wrote,@ 2005-12-01 19:28:00 |
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World AIDS Day
Had to help plan & lead a workshop on sexual harassment, which is what I was doing my last 2 years in college & didn't think I'd be doing it again, much less in Indonesia. Talking about it openly is still a new thing here, so I was happily surprised at how talkative people were during the small group discussions. A lot of the English terminology was new for them (harassment vs assault, molestation, stalking, etc) & most people there had never talked about it in a mixed gender setting. I truly believe that no matter how a woman is dressed, she never deserves to be sexually harassed, but it was interesting to hear people debate this in a Muslim society with strict rules about dress & covering the body.
For World AIDS Day, we & almost 3,000 other people came out wearing red to make a formation of a huge red ribbon. A pic of it was in the local paper, saying it was the largest demonstration in Indonesia. A couple days before, we passed out paper roses, condoms, & info to motorists at a busy intersection. I was actually on the Indonesian news for doing this. Never thought I'd make it in the newspaper & TV!
Had to help plan & lead a workshop on sexual harassment, which is what I was doing my last 2 years in college & didn't think I'd be doing it again, much less in Indonesia. Talking about it openly is still a new thing here, so I was happily surprised at how talkative people were during the small group discussions. A lot of the English terminology was new for them (harassment vs assault, molestation, stalking, etc) & most people there had never talked about it in a mixed gender setting. I truly believe that no matter how a woman is dressed, she never deserves to be sexually harassed, but it was interesting to hear people debate this in a Muslim society with strict rules about dress & covering the body.
For World AIDS Day, we & almost 3,000 other people came out wearing red to make a formation of a huge red ribbon. A pic of it was in the local paper, saying it was the largest demonstration in Indonesia. A couple days before, we passed out paper roses, condoms, & info to motorists at a busy intersection. I was actually on the Indonesian news for doing this. Never thought I'd make it in the newspaper & TV!
