WW: Marhaban ya Ramadhan

Have a blessed Ramadan

The blessed month of Ramadhan is here.
Alhamdulillah..

My family and I are so excited to welcome the sacred month that is better than 1000 months for us. 

Saya tidak hentí-hentinya bersyukur karena Gusti Allah SWT selalu berbaik hati memberikan kesempatan kepada kami untuk kembali menikmati indahnya Ramadhan. Bulan paling baik untuk kembali melihat apa yang telah kita lakukan di 11 bulan sebelumnya. Bulan paling istimewa untuk memohon ampunan dan ridha-Nya, untuk semua alpa yang telah diperbuat dan kesalahan serta keburukan yang kerap mewarnai hari-hari. Malu rasante jika ingat betapa diri penuh dosa dan alpa, tapi kami yakin Allah SWT Maha Pengampun dan Maha Segala. 

And that's why we should do our outmost to repent.
It is never too late to repent and "whatever you have of favour, it is from Allah" ~ Quran (16:53)

So, to all my dearest family, friends, and colleagues wherever you are..

WISHING YOU ALL A BLESSED RAMADHAN

May Allah SWT shower us with continued blessing, peace, and joy during this holy month.

Women, Peace, and Security Regional Training - A Reflection

What do you have in mind when you hear the word WOMEN?

Do you think of your mom? 
Yourself or your sister and your female friends?
Do you think about all those incredible ladies who broke the barriers?
Ibu Kita Kartini, for example.
Or Marie Curie, Shirley Jackson, and Grace Hopper? 

Do you think about beautiful and elegant persons, famous for their beauty and brain?
Do you think about a multitasking individual, who can perform various tasks naturally?
Those who have given birth, raised children, contributed to their families and communities?
Those who are so close to us and part of our day-to-day live. 

Now, how about women, peace and security?
What do you have in mind?

The first panel on Women, Peace and Security Seminar

Do you think of all those fearless female ministers and diplomats?
Or rather women police or female negotiators?
Or perhaps your mom again, as she indeed a peacemaker at home?

To many of us, the concept of women, peace and security is indeed intriguing.
Being a woman myself, I do believe that women play important roles in sustaining peace, be it in the smallest scale like family, to a wider scope like society, countries as well as international fora. There are times when women were not included in any discussions regarding peace and people's welfare. It's the man's world out there..and sadly, women were out of the pictures in terms of decision - making process. 

Saying hi from PMPP - Center for Peacekeeping Mission

But then, if well take a closer look at so many conflicts in many parts of the world, women and children are always be at the vulnerable position. Many of them are even the fallen victims, firstly. Be it through the horrifying sexual violence, to abuse and murder. Even rape has been use as the tools of terror during the armed conflicts. Unfortunately, in many peace processes, women had been left out. Mediation and negotiation processes have been dominated by men for too long. No wonder sometimes women's specific needs and issues were not adequately discussed and addressed during that time.  This has been one of the many reasons why the issue of women, peace and security was raised during the discussion of UN Security Council, through the UN Security Council Resolution 1325.

And fast forward to 2019, I have been privilege to join the regional training on Women, Peace, and Security, held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. 

Regional Training on Women Peace and Security ini telah diselenggarakan pada tanggal 8 – 10 April 2019 di Hotel Fairmont, Jakarta. Pelatihan tersebut dibuka langsung oleh  Menteri Luar Negeri Indonesia, Ibu Retno Marsudi, dan dihadiri oleh 60 peserta diplomat perempuan dari 9 negara ASEAN, Papua Nugini dan Timor-Leste.

Pelatihan Regional ini juga sangat istimewa. Mengapa? Karena pelatihan tersebut adalah pelatihan sejenis yang pertama kali dilakukan di kawasan yang dikhususkan pada diplomat perempuan. Hal ini merupakan inisiatif Indonesia dalam upaya meningkatkan kapasitas perempuan dalam berbagai tahapan proses damai dan resolusi konflik. Pelatihan Regional sekaligus merupakan bentuk kontribusi nyata Indonesia yang saat ini tengah menjadi Anggota Tidak Tetap Dewan Keamanan PBB. Masih ingat kan, kalau Juni 2018 Indonesia terpilih sebagai salah satu Anggota Tidak Tetap Dewan Keamanan PBB untuk periode tahun 2019 - 2020.

Pertemuan dibuka langsung oleh Menteri Luar Negeri RI dan diisi dengan berbagai sesi menarik dengan  menghadirkan narasumber yang berpengalamn di bidangnya dari berbagai kalangan. Beberapa ahli yang hadir antara lain Dr. Hassan Wirajuda, Dubes Wiryono Sastrohandoyo, Dubes Hamid Awaluddin, Munawar Liza Zainal (Mantan Walikota Sabang), Suster Brigitta Renyaan (Gerakan Perempuan Peduli – Maluku), Mujtaba Hamdi (Wahid Foundation), Suraiya Kamaruzzaman (Bunga Aceh) serta wakil Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, Crisis Management Initiative dan Swedish Women Mediation Network. 

Various speakers coming to this regional training shared their valuable experience and we definitely learned a lot from those, in many cases, painful memories. You can imagine that we go through experiences during troubled times in Aceh, Ambon, and Poso. We went through dark and sad periods of time when people seemed to hate one another just because of their religions and/or races. Even simple thing like passing one village could cause communal wars, like what happened in Ambon. Or in the case of Aceh, when we had separatist movement supporters terrorized villages and local people, ending with tragic tsunami which annihilated so many, which at certain point of time, became the unifying factor between conflicting actors to sit down together and find the solution to the ongoing conflict. It was very inspiring to see how women played major roles in ensuring peace in their communities. Simple things sometimes, based on what we're doing on daily basis, but really works in contributing to peace. 

Kita diskusi banyak tentang berbagai konflik komunal yang terjadi di beberapa tempat di Indonesia dan perron Perempuan dalam mengatasi pertikaian yang terjadi. Seperti yang disampaikan Menlu dalam sabutannya, perempuan memiliki insting keibuan dan secara alami senantiasa mengupayakan perdamaian bagi lingkungan di sekitar. Hal ini yang membaut pecan perempuan penting, karena saat terjadi konflik, perempuan bisa membantu menengahi pertikaian. Selain itu, suara perempuan sebagian ibu maupun pasangan juga kerap didengar kaum pria, sehingga bisa mencegah berbagai bentuk tindak kekerasan yang bisa berkembang menjadi konflik berkelanjutan.

Dalam Pelatihan ini dilakukan juga beberapa kunjungan lapangan, di mana para peserta mendatangi  Rumah Rehabilitasi Sosial “Handayani” untuk anak berkebutuhan khusus serta anak-anak yang berhadapan dengan hukum.  Salah satunya Salah anak-anak yang menjadi 

Selain itu, kunjungan juga dilakukan ke Pusat Misi Pemeliharaan Perdamaian Indonesia (PMPP) yang terletak di Sentul. Here we got a chance to meet 3, among others, women peacekeepers from Indonesia. Super proud!

With Indonesian  female peacekeepers!

I will be back with more details of the seminar, only for you.

Stay strong, women, wherever you are!

Wonderful Wednesday with My Purple World, Oh My HEartsie Girls and Friends

Welcome back!

Another beautiful and blessed week we have here.

Happy biking, boys

I have always been buried by works and endless documents at work but I managed to enjoy Car Free Day on Sunday at Sudirman - Thamrin area in Jakarta.

It's good to go jogging and walking around the area without being worried about the cars and the bikes plus the air pollution surrounding it. You can see how fun it is in my YouTube Chanel..

The boys, - my hubby and my son, rode their bikes while the rest of the tank,- me, my mom, my daughter, my little brother and my sister - in - law, took the car and park it in the surrounding areas.

purple flowers around..

Then we managed to watch the Avengers,  End Game!

Oh my..such a long movie but it was great!

It was fun to see all those super heroes. Sad that Iron Man and Black Widow died. Ups, spoiler :).

And Ramadhan is coming!

Insya Allah we will start fasting in this beautiful, holy month on May 6th, preceded with tarawih or the night prayers the night before. I can't wait! This month is much better than 1000 regular months we have. May Allah SWT redeem our heart and soul.

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WW: Taman Kupu-kupu Gita Persada Lampung

The last time we visited Lampung, we decided to visit Taman Kupu-kupu Gita Persada Lampung.
Has anyone been to this lovely place?

Welcome to Butterfly Park Gita Persada

We were wondering what the butterfly park looks like and what activities we can do there.

It took us around 45 minute-drive from our house in Kota Sepang, Bandar Lampung, to this park. Located in Wan Abdurrahman Forest, this place is pretty much located in a preservation area. The good thing about this park is that it functions as conservation as well. It also has a mini museum , showing you some results of the conservation done down here 

I love this blue one!

Here you can see various types of butterflies, including around 100 types of Sumatran butterflies. We managed to see a few, when those butterflies were freely roaming around. We also visited the special area where It’s so beautiful and peaceful here.

We walked down the tracks to the surrounding forest and river.

There are many playgrounds and cute photo spots here including tree houses, so you can definitely have a lovely picnic with your family and friends. Some spots are pretty much Instagramable, as millennials love it.

The hand-made souvenirs

one corner of the museum..

Here is the exact location of Taman Kupu-kupu Gita Persada Lampung.
The entry ticket is only Rp 10.000,- per person or less than a dollar!
Will share more stories and details about this place obviously.

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