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the era of education for girls’ and women’s
rights in Indonesia, Kartini was born into an
aristocratic Javanese family when Java was
part of the Dutch Colony in the Dutch East
Indies. Unlike her privileged male peers,
Kartini was pulled out of school at the age
of 12 and secluded at home—a common
practice among Javanese nobility.
In today’s Indonesia, such limitation to
access education still happens, especially
among underprivileged children; this
renders the mission and vision of the
charitable foundation Pansophia Nusantara
to give free early childhood education to
poor children in the country. Similarly,“KARTINI’S TEACHINGS ABOUT
LIBERATION MEAN THAT A
WOMAN MUST NOT FORGET
HER DUTIES AS A MOTHER AND
A WIFE BUT INSTEAD KEEP
HER NEEDS AND WANTS AS A
PRIORITY, TOO,” PATTY SAID.