The specter of the New Order’s state-sponsored women’s organization Dharma Wanita came to my mind when I recently attended a routine gathering of a group of young mothers with their three-year-old kids and tutors in a public kindergarten in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta.ĭharma Wanita, which translates literally into “the virtue of women”, was once a very effective tool for organizing social movements to promote health and good parenting with a top-down mechanism that could reach nearly all levels of society, even the neighborhood (Rukun Tetangga, RT) level, through a massive bureaucratic outreach system.Īfter the fall of Soeharto in May 1998, the organization lost its zeal partly because of rampant abuse of power and corruption. ![]() Sun, Septem 13:40 11 dd5db032611b315b9ef626a92f0ac20b 1 Academia stunting-in-children,Women,mothers,organization,Dharma-Wanita,health,New-Order,PKK,Tanoto-Foundation Free
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