A Feminist Church
Women pastors are challenging the hegemony of East Nusa Tenggara, a society steeped in patriarchy. Paoina Bara Pa introduced gender studies to her congregation while Merry Kolimon leads the island’s largest synod with a feminist perspective.
March 21, 2017
HOFNI Tesbana, 54, hosts a small group of women and men at his house in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) every week. They often engage in after-work discussions on women's issues as well as steps that can be taken to achieve gender equality.
"Too many men don't understand what gender equality is, which is why I'm involved in the gender justice awareness campaign to [urge people to treat] everyone as an equal," the feminist told Tempo English three we
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