ASK Misa what life is like with two small children and no husband around. “It’s very hard. I worked casually but the results were very little. But what else could I do?” said Misa wiping away her tears.

Misa, a woman from Sulaa village (Betoambari subdistrict, Bau Bau City, Southeast Sulawesi), was married young. When she was 15 she married a man from Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, named Jamaluddin. After 15 years of marriage, Jamaluddin want