1. RING
FOR CHANGE
Channelling women’s
voices to be heard by
media and decision
makers via mobile phones
ALOYSIUS SURATIN
DEPUTY COUNTRY DIRECTOR-OXFAM

2. Indonesia has
development planning
mechanism, known as
MUSRENBANG, which
requires inputs from the
community levels.

4. COMMON WAY TO ANALYSE THE PROBLEM
WOMEN
SUB-VILLAGE
VILLAGE
ANOTHER WAY
SUB-DISTRICT
DISTRICT

5. Bureaucracy seems
difficult to implement the
MUSRENBANG to
accommodate community
voices, especially the one
from women.

6. Limitations of
development
planner

7. Journalists has limited
capacity to highlight
issues facing by village
women

8. Court, political party’s
office, government offices,
religious leaders,
parliament office, internet

9. RAISE WOMEN
AWARENESS
CREATE NEW POLICY
INFLUENCE
VILLAGE LEADERS
MULTI-STAKEHOLDERS
WORKSHOP
CAPACITY BUILDING
CHANGING TRADITION
WOMEN
CONFIDENCE
INFLUENCE
POLICY
• Common solution offering by government and civilsociety to this problem are inadequate to address
the problem comprehensively.

10. WOMEN PRIORITIES
TO BE SELECTED AS
ONE OF THE
VILLAGE PRIORITIES
14%
WOMEN PRIORITIES
TO BE SELECTED AS
ONE OF THE
DISTRICT PRIORITIES
X
50%

12. REDUCE
BUREAUCRACY
ACCESS TO
INFORMATION
…
CREATE
UNDOMINATED
VIRTUAL SPACE

13. WOMEN
VILLAGE
OFFICIALS
VILLAGE
COUNCIL
ASMARA
DIGITAL
INFORMAL
LEADERS
LOCAL
GOVERNM
ENT
JOURNALIS
T
BAPPEDA

14. LAUNCHING OF ASMARA DIGITAL

17. results
Health
services
Village fund
for women
Road and
school
building
Capital for
cooperative
and salt
production
We need seeds and
fertilizers
Handtractor
We need clean
water

18. LEARNING 1
92 in 1
• In 1 hour, 92 messages from women received
by the District Chief Secretary by using
ASMARA DIGITAL

19. LEARNING 2
I walked 2-3
kilometres to meet
other women to
attend the meeting.
By having this, I just
called them…”
GENRELIA NDOKI, RAKNAMO VILLAGE
• See more at: http://www.oxfamblogs.org/asia/asmara-digitalcreating-spaces-for-womens-voices/#sthash.MTWV7XH5.dpuf

20. LEARNING 3
I will respond to all the 92
messages. Not only
respond but follow it up.
We will use inputs from
this process to compare
them to the aspirations
collected by local
parliamentarians
HENDRIK FAUT, KUPANG DISTRICT SECRETARY
• See more at: http://www.oxfamblogs.org/asia/asmara-digitalcreating-spaces-for-womens-voices/#sthash.MTWV7XH5.dpuf

21. Facilitating interaction
among community
members from one village
to another

22. What topics were discussed
among the network members
on January 2013
Pupuk is fertilizers

23. What topics were discussed
among the network members
on August 2013
Perempuan is women

24. What topics were discussed
among the network members
on September 2013
Pupuk is fertilizers

25. Suggest organic
fertilizers
My mother is
disappeared
How to
influence PLN
road in Olio
broken
ADD for
fertilizers
Rice field
flooded
Strong wind
affect crops
Grasshoppers
attacks crops
Fertilizers price
in TTS
No fertilizers
Inform shops that
sell fertilizers
Concern on corn
production
Promote their
organic fertilizers
Bokashi
We want
produce Urea
Women initiative
in tanah merah

26. LEARNING 3
• Fertilizers became the concern for the
network members, following by flood,
strong-winds; and grasshoppers attacks
Dislaimer: By showing this chemical fertilizer brand does not mean Oxfam supports the
use of chemical fertilizer in farming. Oxfam is always supporting the sustainable practice
in farming and natural resources management.

27. LEARNING 4
• Network has high potential to distribute
environmentally-practices in farming
techniques

28. LEARNING 5
Rice field
flooded
How to
influence PLN
Strong wind
affect crops
road in Olio
broken
Grasshoppers
attacks crops
ADD for
fertilizers
• There is a high potential for the
network to be developed as the
EWS tools, campaign, public
service advocacy, promoting
access to market, and research
Promote their
organic fertilizers
Suggest organic
fertilizers
Promote their
organic fertilizers
Bokashi

29. THANK YOU