Indonesia's First Annual Kartini Conference on Feminism to be Held Online

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Three institutions that deal with the issue of feminism in Indonesia; the LETSS Talk (Let's Talk about Sex n Sexualities), the Konde.co, and the Padepokan Perempuan GAIA, are holding the 1st Annual Kartini Conference on Indonesian Feminisms (KCIF 2023), which is held online on Thursday to Sunday, July 20 to 23, 2023 via Zoom with the theme "Celebrating and Strengthening Plural and Inclusive Indonesian Feminism," according to a press release received by Tempo.

The aim of this Conference is to discuss plural and inclusive thoughts on feminism, as well as building a space for exchanging knowledge on the results of research and studies on various themes of Indonesian feminism.

Conference Chair, Diah Irawaty from LETSS Talk, stated that KCIF aims to build space to introduce, circulate and socialize feminist knowledge, especially the results of studies and research as well as field work (grassroots) and activism on various themes of feminism in the Indonesian context.

"Apart from that, KCIF 2023 also aims to build an academic space for exchanging knowledge on the results of research and studies on various themes of Indonesian feminism, preparing materials for publication, both in the form of journal articles, conference proceedings, and books, as well as mediating meetings and interactions of various elements of Indonesian feminism for the strengthening and consolidation of the movement," said Diah.

Diah added that KCIF uses online communication technology such as Zoom to expand knowledge so it can be reached by the public widely.

"Feminism thoughts, Kartini's thoughts are very important to be discussed from across islands, across generations in Indonesia, because knowledge about feminism has developed in every era," said Diah.

KCIF 2023 will be attended by approximately 800 participants with very diverse backgrounds, from Aceh to Papua, and several participants living abroad such as the United States, Britain, Tunisia, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Malaysia and Australia, from academics and students, researchers, activists, housewives, to survivors of domestic violence, from different generations of the feminist movement.

In the future, the conference will be held annually to discuss the development of feminist thinking in Indonesia.

"Hopefully, KCIF will become a new tradition as an Indonesian feminist conference which is routinely held (every year). Certain sessions will be equipped with a Sign Language Interpreter (JBI) so that deaf people can participate in it.," Diah concluded.

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